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Berst Names Young/Torvalds 2 of 7 People to Watch

Posted by Hemos on from the keep-an-eye-on-them dept.

De writes "Jesse Berst of ZDNet has named Linus Torvalds and Bob Young as two of his seven people to watch in the next decade. In a gratifying side note, Bill Gates was named as one of the people to leave behind. *grin* " Linus was named as the person in hardware to watch, while Young was named the person in operating system.

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  1. polarized pundits by banky · · Score: 4

    Has anyone noticed that of the general body of computer pundits, they all seem to have abandoned that "wait and see" stance from about a year ago, and now they are all taking a stance on Linux? I have wondered why the pro-Win2k guys have started their FUD (it was released to manufacturing - I guess that means it stable and full-featured, real world results be damned) and others (Berst, et al) have now decided that Linux is OK.

    Conspiracy theory: Since we all know ZDNet is owned by MS anyway, BillG has ordered that they take a positive stance on Linux, so as to show that MS has plenty of competition.
    Business Case Theory: With the billion-dollar market cap of Red Hat and VA Linux, they want advertising dollars, and they know both companies want more space in mainstream market publications (I mean, really, did you buy a VA Linux server because of the ad in Linux Journal? No, you already knkew who they were, but Joe Sixpack doesn't). The corollary is that the "Linux will be crushed" guys are doing it because if Win2k tanks, they won't be able to refocus their business (maybe).
    Misanthrope Theory: People are morons.

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  2. It's funny you mention this ... by martin-k · · Score: 5
    It's funny you mention this cause Slashdot rejected a story proposal of mine just two days ago regarding this Jesse Berst quote:

    "Betting $5 on a 100-to-1 underdog can be fun. Betting $50,000 would be foolish. Yet some PC users are making similarly outrageous wagers on Linux, the underdog in the operating-system wars."

    Exactly _how many_ Jesse Bersts are out there?

    here's the link...

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  3. Why Linus? by gengee · · Score: 4

    If I remember correctly - and I could be very wrong here - Linus was hired simply as an average-joe employee at Transmeta, was he not? If so, why then would Berst chose him as the man in hardware to watch?
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