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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."

6 of 572 comments (clear)

  1. My thoughts by DraKKon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I bet the lkids would say Jobs.. as teh iPods are al the rage.... geek would say Linus... general public would say Billy..

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    "It's not like your minds are as open as the source you love..." - Me to the majority of Slashdot.
  2. Re:Linus by mobby_6kl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If there were no Linux, there would be BSD.

    The world would be a b^Hdifferent place.

  3. The lost for those who didn't make it in... by clockmaker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Ashley Highfield 2. Steve Jobs 3. Niklas Zennstrom 4. Tom Ridge 5. David Blunkett 6. Richard Granger 7. Linus Torvalds 7. Bill Gates 9. Eric Schmidt 10. Marc Benioff 11. Sir Peter Gershon 12. Marten Mickos 13. Meg Whitman 14. Sir David Tweedie 15. Jonathan Ive 16. James Murdoch 17. Arun Sarin 18. Rupert Murdoch 19. Sven Jaschan 20. S Ramadorai 21. Karen Price 22. Lawrence Lessig 23. Ian Foster 24. Jonathan Schwartz 25. Joe McGeehan 26. Vivek Paul 27. Sam Palmisano 28. Eric Abensur 29. Martin Varsavsky 30. Donald E Knuth 31. Len Hynds 32. David Levin 33. John Connors 34. Michael Dell 35. Azim Premji 36. Ben Verwaayen 37. Daniel Egger 38. Van Honeycutt 39. Jon Rubinstein 40. Mark J Cox 41. Hu Jintao 42. Dan'l Lewin 43. Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley 44. Richard Stallman 45. Ratan Tata 46. Michael Powell 47. David Sainsbury 48. Andy Duncan 49. Bernard C Soriano 50. Simon Davies

  4. Ouch by phrostie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    that's gotta hurt

  5. The List! by elijahao · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Ashley Highfield
    2. Steve Jobs
    3. Niklas Zennstrom
    4. Tom Ridge
    5. David Blunkett
    6. Richard Granger
    7. Linus Torvalds
    7. Bill Gates
    9. Eric Schmidt
    10. Marc Benioff
    11. Sir Peter Gershon
    12. Marten Mickos
    13. Meg Whitman
    14. Sir David Tweedie
    15. Jonathan Ive
    16. James Murdoch
    17. Arun Sarin
    18. Rupert Murdoch
    19. Sven Jaschan
    20. S Ramadorai
    21. Karen Price
    22. Lawrence Lessig
    23. Ian Foster
    24. Jonathan Schwartz
    25. Joe McGeehan
    26. Vivek Paul
    27. Sam Palmisano
    28. Eric Abensur
    29. Martin Varsavsky
    30. Donald E Knuth
    31. Len Hynds
    32. David Levin
    33. John Connors
    34. Michael Dell
    35. Azim Premji
    36. Ben Verwaayen
    37. Daniel Egger
    38. Van Honeycutt
    39. Jon Rubinstein
    40. Mark J Cox
    41. Hu Jintao
    42. Dan'l Lewin
    43. Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley
    44. Richard Stallman
    45. Ratan Tata
    46. Michael Powell
    47. David Sainsbury
    48. Andy Duncan
    49. Bernard C Soriano
    50. Simon Davies

  6. The List by MrNonchalant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Ashley Highfield
    2. Steve Jobs
    3. Niklas Zennstrom
    4. Tom Ridge
    5. David Blunkett
    6. Richard Granger
    7. Linus Torvalds
    7. Bill Gates
    9. Eric Schmidt
    10. Marc Benioff
    11. Sir Peter Gershon
    12. Marten Mickos
    13. Meg Whitman
    14. Sir David Tweedie
    15. Jonathan Ive
    16. James Murdoch
    17. Arun Sarin
    18. Rupert Murdoch
    19. Sven Jaschan
    20. S Ramadorai
    21. Karen Price
    22. Lawrence Lessig
    23. Ian Foster
    24. Jonathan Schwartz
    25. Joe McGeehan
    26. Vivek Paul
    27. Sam Palmisano
    28. Eric Abensur
    29. Martin Varsavsky
    30. Donald E Knuth
    31. Len Hynds
    32. David Levin
    33. John Connors
    34. Michael Dell
    35. Azim Premji
    36. Ben Verwaayen
    37. Daniel Egger
    38. Van Honeycutt
    39. Jon Rubinstein
    40. Mark J Cox
    41. Hu Jintao
    42. Dan'l Lewin
    43. Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley
    44. Richard Stallman
    45. Ratan Tata
    46. Michael Powell
    47. David Sainsbury
    48. Andy Duncan
    49. Bernard C Soriano
    50. Simon Davies