Both came from game dev backgrounds. Carmack announced he was getting into rockets a couple of years before Musk sold paypay... and then got into rockets :)
I wouldn't be surprised if Carmack heavily inspired Musk. If not just with shareware, and online payments, then with rockets.
Also, the public .plan files he published in the 90s heavily inspired the web log/blog craze :)
These are interesting points. I think the crowd that wasn't on the web in the mid 90's may not understand just how influential Carmack was on so many of us.
I wouldn't be surprised if Carmack heavily inspired Musk. If not just with shareware, and online payments, then with rockets.
Also, the public .plan files he published in the 90s heavily inspired the web log/blog craze :)