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Linus Shares the Millennium Technology Prize

Posted by samzenpus on from the tied-for-first dept.

udas writes "The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded every two years for a technological innovation that significantly improves the quality of human life, today and in the future. This year, Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, maker of a new way to create stem cells without the use of embryonic stem cells, are both laureates for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize. This prize, which is determined by the Technology Academy of Finland, is one of the world's largest such prizes with candidates sought from across the world and from all fields of technology. The two innovators will share over a million Euros. The final winner will be announced by the President of the Republic of Finland in a special ceremony on June 13, 2012."

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  1. Tech Acadamy of FINLAND!!! by xzvf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the fix was on.

    1. Re:Tech Acadamy of FINLAND!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Besides, we all know it should go posthumously to Steve Jobs for his technological innovation in...well...nothing really. But STEVE JOBS!

    2. Re:Tech Acadamy of FINLAND!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't forget his mother—she created Jobs for a lot of us.

    3. Re:Tech Acadamy of FINLAND!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Richard now wants all references to either him or Linus to be "Stallman-Torvalds".

    4. Re:Tech Acadamy of FINLAND!!! by cupantae · · Score: 1, Funny

      Richard, is that you?

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    5. Re:Tech Acadamy of FINLAND!!! by Tough+Love · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...and tame ego of Linus...

      And whatever gave you the idea that Linus's ego is tame? Linus himself would be happy to disabuse you of that misaprehension.

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  2. Innovation by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first to write a Unix like operating system?
    The first to write a free Unix like operating system?
    The first to use a penguin as a mascot for an operating system.

    Innovation.

    1. Re:Innovation by Osgeld · · Score: 1, Funny

      digging deep enough? really? OK lets see how far we have to dig, Linux, Minix, Unix.

      Holy shit! someone call the archeologists, historians, and philosophers, its a real damn mystery