But then Bill Gates will try to buy Sweden.
On Wed, November 18, 2009 9:08 am, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Since the Nobel Peace Prize is often given to politicians, some > disagree with the choices. But it is often given to non-politicians > who create international efforts to change the world for the better. > > Look at the massive international efforts represented by SC09, and > realize that much of it started from the work of a 21yo Finnish > college student named after 1962 Nobel Peace Prize winner Linus > Pauling. It would be fitting to honor that international effort > by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the > 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 > on the 50th anniversary of Pauling's award. > > Linux is one of the largest cooperative international efforts ever > undertaken. It inspired Ubuntu, One Laptop Per Child, and many > other global projects. Linux conquered the supercomputer space, > the server space, the embedded computer space - by peaceful means! > Linux helped sequence the human genome, helps protect the world > computer infrastructure from viral attack, and is now the pathway > for millions to learn computer programming and participate in new > international efforts. > > The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (a politician some disagree > with, please disagree in a different thread, thanks) is giving > the keynote to SC09 as I write this. Meaning that we are all > three handshakes away from the people that decide on future Peace > Prizes. Perhaps it is time to launch some messages through our > connections and see what makes it to the committee meetings in Oslo. > > According to the list on Wikipedia, the five people to convince are > Thorbjørn Jagland (chair), Kaci Kullmann Five (deputy chair), Sissel > Rønbeck, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, and Ågot Valle. We can start by > sending them Norsk language Ubuntu disks. > > While I imagine Linus Torvalds would be embarrassed by the attention, > it would sure make his parents happy. And it would mean one less > Peace Prize for a politician. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Tim Wescott Control systems and communications consulting http://www.wescottdesign.com Land line: 503.631.7815 Cell: 503.349.8432 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
