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This really is an interesting case of plagiarism since there are multiple versions of this article by different authors, each who has slightly changed the other.

February 17, 2007. Author: timesofindia staff?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/A-myth-ca...

February 18, 2007. Author: Brajeshwar (who does attribute "an article" in Times of India as "inspired by", but without a specific link)

http://brajeshwar.com/2007/are-you-a-programmer-or-a-coder/

April 5, 2007. Author: Avinash Singh

http://avinashsingh.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/a-myth-called-t...

2010. Author: Mohamed Sardhar

http://www.citehr.com/26128-myth-called-indian-programmer.ht... (exact copy of all 3 pages of the Times of India article, with no attribution to original, just a new byline added)



Fascinating, this seems to speak directly to DarkShikari's point. It definitely reads like a mishmash of different people's thoughts.




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