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Article #625007Re: The history of the MONITOR tops-10)
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 19:00
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 19:00
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Gareth's Downstairs Computer <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 15/07/2018 11:03, Huge wrote: >> >> I find the word "ripoff" problematical. Virtually everything in computer >> science is based on something else. Thinking "that's a good idea" and >> re-using it in a new and interesting way is hardly "ripping off". >> > > ISTR that it was Isaac Newton who said that we stand on the shoulders > of giants. > Or, midgets are standing on my shoulders. -- Pete
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