Is programming a solo endeavor?
From Where Lisp Fails: at Turning People into Fungible Cogs. ( http://www.loper-os.org/?p=69 ):
Every innovative work of mankind has been the product of one - sometimes two, rarely three - minds. And never the work of a herd. No mathematical theorem, no enjoyable novel, no work of art of any importance, have ever been produced by a herd. I fail to see why innovative software ought to play by a different set of rules.