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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. Man... when will it stop? by CrackHappy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I really don't know where to sit in the debate about Linux/Linus and Slashdot. This site really seems to worship Linus Torvalds as a God of Computing, and any mention of him in a positive light always seems to turn up here.

    Myself, I am a very happy Linux user, and I really admire Linus for what he's done. But it seems ridiculous the number of times that Linus is noted on this website. Sure, this is news for nerds, but come on, there are many other subjects of interest that are being ignored for the sake of bowing and scraping at the feet of the mighty Linus.

    This is just a personal opinion of the editors choices in greenlighting certain posts vs. others, not of Linus himself. (flame on!)

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  2. Re:No Jobs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, Jobs has been influential for Apple, but Apple hasn't been very influential on the industry in recent years.