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The Tech Sector's Best Beards

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-all-about-the-whiskers dept.

therenegade writes "What do some of the greatest tech minds of our generation have in common; intelligence? charisma? Not according to Expert Reviews — it's all in the beards. They list the top ten, ranking some of the most important men in the history of computing not by the huge contributions they made to the world, but by the magnificence of their facial hair."

6 comments

  1. Hairport by funky_vibes · · Score: 1

    Obviously they all invented ways of storing vast amounts of data in hair

  2. James Gosling by unixisc · · Score: 1

    They forgot James Gosling, who would have suited the list better than Benioff or Sinclaire. Unless Gosling is now cleanshaven.

  3. C/Unix inventors? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How come none of the great C/Unix inventors - Thompson, Kernighan or Ritchie - don't find a place here?

    -tp261
    (not Anon as stated)

  4. Women by RogerWilco · · Score: 1

    We already have few women in tech, but on a list like this it's even harder for them to rank.

    --
    RogerWilco the Adventurous Janitor
  5. Larry Ellison? by mhh91 · · Score: 1

    What is this guy doing in this article?

  6. Where the hell is Alan Cox? by marcelo.mosca · · Score: 1

    How come could they forget Alan Cox in that list?