Ryan Ware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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01/02/2004 02:09 PM
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Subject: Re: At last some real achiever being recognized by the monarch
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Maynard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: At last some real achiever being recognized by
> the monarch
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> On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 04:54:12PM -0500, David Boyes wrote:
> > > >Perhaps Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds next? Let us
> hope that some
> > > >real achievers are knighted!
>
> Torvalds, certainly, but not Stallman.
Stallman's knight helmet should be made out of tinfoil.
Let us not forget GNU Hurd's contribution to Linux. That alone
kick-started Linux into big-time. In the Open Source movement, Stallman may be left of
center but his
original contribution is significant to where the industry is today.
