Tim Bray quotes Sam Ruby’s observation of the tenaciousness of collaboration via a Wiki

“[Sam Ruby] speculated that this was like rugby, if we get enough people pushing in the same direction we’ll eventually move the ball in that direction.”

Indeed!

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