I wrote:
> Technological bias?
> Al Gore: 1.87 million (ahead of Oprah? I'm impressed)
> Bill Gates: 2.82 million
> Steven Jobs: 24,300 (okay, "Steve Jobs" has .424 million)
> Linux: 94.9 million
> "Windows": 99.7 million (but I'll bet that ALL the "Linux" references are
> about software, while a couple million "windows" references are about
> windows, not Windows)
> William Shockley: 11,000
> (so much for a consistent "technological bias")
On the other hand...
Linus Torvalds: .807 million
In light of what I take to be an indisputable fact that in the real
world, Linus Torvalds is nowhere NEAR half as famous as Oprah, I guess the
"technological bias" is pretty apparent.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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