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Linus Torvalds built Git in 10 days - and never imagined it would last 20 years (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (14 children)

Four things went for Musk:

he was rich
he had a passing resemblance to Robert Downey Jr.
he ~~made~~ was closely associated with futuristic hardware (we don't seem to value revolutionary software the same way as hardware)
he was rich

In all honesty, a lot of solo developers who are directly responsible for the internet as we know it should be getting far more credit than rich ass holes but here we are.

Edit: correct

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Don’t forget:

he was rich

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don’t forget:

his dad was rich

[–] Skoll@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

A distinction without a difference

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