Torvalds the "5th Most-Powerful Man in Tech"

An anonymous reader writes "According to silicon.com, Linus Torvalds is the fifth most influential man in technology. The bio they have written for him isn't the most flattering to the open source community though. I quote: "If it wasn't for the presence of Lara Croft and Xena Warrior Princess, techies around the world would have posters of Torvalds on their walls." It goes on to say: "In truth Torvalds best work is in the past"... which seems to negate their own argument for having him in there. Also in the Top 5 is Steve Jobs (1) who comes out on top of Bill Gates (2). As an interesting aside, the writer of the Sobig virus even makes it in at Number 42..."

Comments

5th most powerful?

[jargoone]

That's it? Should be #2. Linux is the second best OS in the land!

Who is Torvalds?

[Anonymous Coward]

And how do I get back to aol.com from this site? I just installed this Internet. HELP!!!

Re:Who is Torvalds?

[Verteiron]

Sorry, you blew it. A true AOL'r wouldn't know that AOL has a aol.com site, or that you can get to it from AOL, much less why you would want to...

Re:Who is Torvalds?

[coolmacdude]

Newcomer huh. Trust me its not worth it. (I just finished the internet.)

Mmmmm

[grub]

The bio they have written for him isn't the most flattering to the open source community though.

Whatya mean? the last line says "Rumour has it he's a Guinness man as well." Mmmmmmm...Guinness...

Wah?

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't have a poster of Linus on your wall?

Re:Wah?

[LittleGuy]

You don't have a poster of Linus on your wall?

I have one of Lucy instead, you insensitive blockhead!

Re:Wah?

[Savatte]

of course not! It's on the ceiling above my bed.

Slashdotted

[ParnBR]

It seems we are the most influential people over silicon.com servers.

Re:Agenda setting

[mhesseltine]

geez, do the editors even read the articles anymore?

I'm sorry. Did you just imply that the editors ever read the articles? That must have been before I started reading this site.

Re:Darl?

[Dysso]

It's spelled "growling"...

More importantly...

[Soulfader]

... but you can reasonably expect to sit down and have a beer with him after work if you're in the right city. Can you say the same about numbers one through four?

And more importantly, you might actually want to. I quote the article:

Rumour has it he's a Guinness man as well.

How many of the top 4 are closet Bud Light drinkers? =)

Re:More importantly...

[MORTAR_COMBAT!]

At an annual brewmaster's convention, the brewmasters of Budweiser, Miller, and Guinness get together after-hours at a bar.

The Budweiser brewmaster tells the bartender, "I'll have a Budweiser, the King of Beers." And the bartender pours him a Budweiser.

The Miller brewmaster tells the bartender, "I'll have a Miller, thank you." And the bartender pours him a Miller.

The Guinness brewmaster shrugs his shoulders and tells the bartender, "I'll have a water, please." The bartender pours him a glass of water. In response to the Budweiser and Miller brewmasters' questioning glances, the Guinness brewmaster says, "Well, if you boys aren't drinking, then neither will I."

Sobig is 42

[rifter]

As an interesting aside, the writer of the Sobig virus even makes it in at Number 42..."

So the answer to life the universe and everything is a Windows worm? Somehow it is all very clear to me now... :)

Re:no RMS?

[Weaselmancer]

Because it's so much fun not giving him proper credit and then watching him foam at the mouth.

It should be an Olympic event. Tell him you love using Linux to compile code, or using Linux to surf the web. Bonus points if you can get his eyes to roll back into his head or have him gibber in tongues.

Weaselmancer

Re:Pff

[zmooc]

Someone mod this guy up just to annoy him, please.