On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:30:54PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > The *real* killer "app" was Linus' decision to develop Linux openly. > I took a software engineering class where the professor maintained that the only notable contribution that Linus Torvalds has made to the programming/compsci/compeng world was figuring out how to make it possible for hundreds of people to work on the same code base without stepping all over each other. I'm not sure if I agree with that being his *only* contribution, but it sure is a good one nonetheless. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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