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Gates, Jobs, Torvalds: Who is Most Important?

Posted by michael on from the cowboyneal-sadly-not-ranked dept.

Ian Wilson writes "silicon.com has launched its latest Agenda Setters poll which puts together a list of the top 50 people influencing tech. I remember Slashdot carried last year's poll - which was won by Steve Jobs. The full top 50 includes many of the usual suspects. Last year's winner Steve Jobs has slipped down to second place, but perhaps most interesting is the fact that the panel of judges couldn't separate Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates - they are tied in seventh place."

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  1. Article Mod -1 Flamebait (NT) by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  3. AC wins award by say · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AC, you have just won the award for "most off-topic flamebait ever" on Slashdot.

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  4. Slash-smited by bitswapper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I
    went to the main site, and it said this was a planned down time. Maybe slashdot should be called 'slashsmite'

  5. Re:No by nwbvt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is slashdot. No one here is interested in real news if they get to make fun of Gates instead.

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  6. Re:Linus Is much more important than Bill Gates by davidsyes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Off topic, but in response to the signature line of the prior post:

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  7. Gates vs Torvalds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In other news:

    Stalin and Ghandi are neck-in-neck for the Nobel Peace Prize. ... and judges for a prestigious environmental award are struggling to choose between Shell Oil and the International Windmill and Solar Power Group for the top spot.