> IMHO the one and only thing that made Linux successful as a project is Linus' strong leadership - which has been criticized ad-nauseam over the years; yet it's the only thing that yields results.

I wear garlic every day and have yet to be attacked by a vampire; clearly this is due to the garlic!

Tang/ballpoint pens/velcro never would have been invented if it weren't for the Apollo program.

etc.