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Linus Torvalds Officially a Hero

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the laurels-for-tux dept.

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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  1. Heroes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If giving away Linux earned him a place as a hero, imagine what would happen if Bill released Windows for free!

    1. Re:Heroes by EllynGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      That would make him a terrorist, by magnifying the problem of windoze botnets, spams, phishes, malware of all kinds, fraud, and identity theft a hundred times worse. We wouldn't even be able to get on the Internet at all- all the world's bandwidth would be devoured by warring malware bots.

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    2. Re:Heroes by s20451 · · Score: 4, Funny

      imagine what would happen if Bill released Windows for free!

      He would be poor.

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  2. And by Konster · · Score: 5, Funny

    RMS screams out loud, "No, that is GNU/Hero, damn it!"

    1. Re:And by One+Louder · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, I'd hate to be a chair in Richard Stallman's office right about now - assuming he actually uses a chair and doesn't just levitate.

  3. Now that he's a hero... by One+Louder · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope he saves the cheerleader.

  4. What *kind* of hero is Linus? by slightlyspacey · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the dictionary definition of "hero"

    hero
    -noun
    1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
    2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child. .....

    5. a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.

    I vote for number 5 myself with mayo and mustard.