Agreed! I think most of us are sitting on those great shoulders as opposed to standing, but that's semantics for you.
To clarify, I think it speaks positively to Notch's character when he says that Infiniminer was the game he wanted to make, and also publishes the statement on his own website for all the web to see.
And I think it's great that he and others were inspired by Infiniminer, and added their own tweaks. I just wish the original inspiration was still around so everyone could see where it all came from.
It honestly surprises me that I haven't heard about Notch helping Zach out financially, since most people seem to think that Notch is a pretty nice and honorable person.
It makes me think of "Dizzying but Invisible Depth" Google+ post from awhile back. https://plus.google.com/112218872649456413744/posts/dfydM2Cn...