Linus re-implemented an existing thing; Unix. He didn't go off and invent his own OS with its own concepts, e.g. Plan 9. I think he's a bad example for your point.
Re:Why not beat Google?
by a_mythical_bird on Saturday June 30, 2007 @01:59PM
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Alright. You are correct.
Lets do it all completely different. Lets get rid of search and advertising alltogether.
Any ideas?
Focusing your attention on beating Google is as bad as focusing on being on their good side. Instead, look for ideas that make people's lives better, but for some reason no one seems to have implemented them.
Is that real entrepreneurship - playing someone elses game as good as you can? Why not go after Google itself? Linus Torvalds didnt write cool applications. He rewrote the operating system.
I like the idea to rewrite the web. To reorder how the whole thing works and turn it from monopoly to ecosystem again. I feel fed up with the whole Googleweb.