Linus Torvalds Officially a Hero

CortoMaltese writes "The European edition of the Time magazine has selected Linus Torvalds as one of the heroes of the past 60 years. From the main article: 'In the 60 years that Time has been publishing an Atlantic edition, extraordinary people have emerged from the churn and turmoil, creativity and chaos of a period that witnessed the aftermath of world war, the toppling of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, the vanquishing of apartheid in South Africa, the advance of women, the failure of old certainties and the rise of new fears. These people are our heroes, and in this special anniversary issue, we celebrate them and their many achievements.' The article on Linus is titled 'By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history.' Linus is cited in the 'Rebels & Leaders' category along with Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, and others."

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Ok...lemme get this straigh

[cutepinkbunnies]

Gates = bad person Ballmer = bad person Torvalds = hero? Is there a bias here? please clarify. I respect all 3 as brilliant an unique individuals, but remember like 2 hrs ago reading an article about how the devil (Steve Ballmer) wouldn't say the words "free" or "open" while in India or something...and how that made him a bad guy.

Re:Ok...lemme get this straigh

[fotbr]

Thats because there's a very small but very vocal group of socialists on slashdot, who think that anything that results in profit is inheriently bad and must be stopped.