Top 10 Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Apr 15th, 2007 by Josef Virek

Top 10 Heroes of the Computer Revolution
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10) Tim Berners-Lee

9) Linus Torvalds

8) Richard Stallman

7) James Gosling

6) Donald Knuth

5) Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn

4) Bill Joy, Marshall McKusick, Keith Bostic, Mike Karels (CSRG)

3) Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (Bell Labs)

2) Bill Gates and Paul Allen

1) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

on 16 Apr 2007 at 5:28 am1not a mac fanboy

Steve Jobs is above Bill Gates? Are you freaking serious? Mac Fanboys go home. Just because you think the mac is a superior OS doesn’t mean the he has revolutionized anything like Bill Gates’ influence has affected the entire world.
on 16 Apr 2007 at 5:33 am2IncompleteList

What about Andy Grove, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore? Many of the 10 ten are standing on the shoulders of these giants.
on 16 Apr 2007 at 5:42 am3Kelly Storm

Any idea what type of beer Linus is drinking? (I’m assuming it’s beer..)
on 16 Apr 2007 at 5:43 am4Neil

I would have Steve Jobs’ baby… I’m not kidding. The dude is my personal hero.

I look back at my life and I don’t know what I would do without my iMac…
on 16 Apr 2007 at 8:22 am5Frode Hegland

What about Doug Engelbart? 1968 demo, most interfaces we use today: mouse, hypertext, word processing, email etc. etc. www.invisiblerevolution.net
on 16 Apr 2007 at 9:25 am6Mark

That’s free beer
on 16 Apr 2007 at 4:33 pm7leroy

Torvald is a crypt, the beer is just a illision

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