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Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the those-deserving-recognition dept.

Yaztromo asks: "Sometimes, as an Open Source Software developer, I wonder if anyone out there is actually noticing the contributions I make to the software they're running. This got me thinking today -- how many Open Source Software packages am I running without knowing or applauding those who toiled in the background to developed them? We all know about personalities like Richard M. Stallman and Linus Torvalds, but there are a lot of unsung heroes of Open Source out there whose names may not be on the tips of everyones tongues. But perhaps they should be. They may be wizard coders, or amazing project administrators, or they provide fantastic support. Maybe they do all three, and more. Or maybe they're the person in your organization who pushed an Open Source solution in the face of an entrenched closed-source solution, and won. Or the one who printed up a whole spindle of Knoppix CD's and handed them out at a user group meeting. So here's you chance: who is your favorite unsung hero of Open Source Software, and why?"

5 of 601 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Unsung sexy helpers! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "I hear he's really sexy too!"

    I heard he was a convicted child molester.

  2. Re:Don't just mention them... nominate them by CmdrGoatse · · Score: -1, Troll

    my personal hero :)

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  3. Re:Gene Spafford by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it's not internet silly its 'the web' or 'the net' or innernet like in tv and movies. Get it right man, or everyone will think you are a n00b. What's this whole Usenet thing anyway?

    IANAL but IMHO some bagbiter made it up and this OS can't be legal if it's free. Everyone knows linus stole linux from SCO. ROFLMAO. Only a team of geniuses like SCO could write such a powerful piece of software.

    Just ask their CEO. Despite his thousand yard stare and brutish appearance, he's a brilliant purveyor of technology.

    I nominate Darl McBride, and his fabled legal team as my open source heroes.

  4. Re:What about me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    drsquare, your mom called. she said you're doing a great job...
    then she asked me when I wanted another handjob.

  5. What a surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a surprise that Alan Penis's mother knows who Linus Torvalds is.

    (The above is flamebait, troll, off-topic, and funny. Please mod accordianly.)