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Re:Why not beat Google? by ralph on Saturday June 30, 2007 @08:58AM (#31725)
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 (#31750)
Alright. You are correct.

Lets do it all completely different. Lets get rid of search and advertising alltogether.

Any ideas?