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Torvalds Dubbed Most Influential Executive of 2004

Posted by michael on from the penguin-in-chief dept.

quamaretto writes "CRN has named Linus Torvalds the most influential executive of 2004, in the magazine's feature list of the top 25 executives of the year. For perspective, he is followed by Sam Palmisano of IBM and Steve Balmer of Microsoft. The coverage of Torvalds is 5 pages, including pictures, a written article, and a lot of interview material. Topics are business centric, including SCO, OSDL, and Torvald's personality in development and management."

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  1. #exec Linus\ Torvalds by Shut+the+fuck+up! · · Score: 5, Funny

    bash: exec: Linus Torvalds: not found

  2. Love the interview by Dynastar454 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interviewer: What do you think of _____?

    Linus: Oh I don't know. Doesn't really matter. I just like to code.

    Copy-paste as needed. :-)

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    Laugh at stupidity: mod idiots +1 Funny.
  3. The John Stewart of Software by Chagatai · · Score: 4, Funny
    I like how passive and below-the-radar Linus is in these types of interviews. The interviewers try to get him rialed up by mentioning topics in an almost antagonistic manner, and he just brushes them off. It reminds me of John Stewart on Crossfire:

    So what do you think of the Bill Gates vibrator story?
    "I don't"

    So you give away this software totally for free? Yecch! I'd hate to have dinner at your house!
    "I know, and you won't."

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    --Chag
  4. They forgot one! by LeiGong · · Score: 5, Funny
    Where's Darl McBride in this?? How can they put in that hack Torvalds and leave out the man that's responsible for creating Linux?!? OUTRAGEOUS! Who's with me on writing a letter-to-the-editor???

    </sarcasm>

  5. Re:Sure, OK. Whatever... by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny
    Isn't whipping out a dictionary and quoting verbatim a little antagonistic?

    antagonistic

    \An*tag`o*nis"tic\, Antagonistical\An*tag`o*nis"tic*al\, a. Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.


    No.
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    Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
  6. Executive?? Linus == stuffed suit?? by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 4, Funny

    There goes geekdom. I hope he wore the Tshirt and pants with matching stains to prove he isn't a real executive.

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    Engineering is the art of compromise.
  7. On the other hand by RealProgrammer · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFI:
    • I don't think [being chief software architect of Windows] is something to be particularly proud of, and I don't think it is necessarily true. But if [Gates] wants the job description, hell, I don't think anybody would try to wrangle it away from him. I don't think Gates can lay claim to [lead programmer].

    This is almost as good as saying Darl is on crack. Linus, as the accomplished veteran of alt.fan.warlords, apparently still knows phony hubris when he sees it.

    [Linus toadie mode: off]
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    sigs, as if you care.
  8. Re:Repeat after me by spir0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Money is not everything.

    but I sure sleep better when I can afford to pay all my bills.

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    The reason girls and Windows users don't understand UNIX is because all the documentation is in Man files.
  9. Re:Sure, OK. Whatever... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think he meant plagiaristic.

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