Sometimes a technology enthusiast becomes famous - usually as the inventor of a lucrative product. In the world of PCs, Bill Gates started business life this way, but he may have forfeited his status somewhat as he became more Machiavellian. Mark Andressen, on the other hand, has tried to stay more in role, although he too is looking more and more corporate. That could not be said, on the other hand, of such Internet founding stalwarts as *Larry Wall* the inventor of Perl, Apache cofounder Brian Behlendorf, or Linux creator Linus Torvolds.
OK, so "Internet founding" isn't quite right, unless you stretch the definition to mean "help facilitate the popularization of the web," but I give the author points for knowing both Larry and Brian Behlendorf, otherwise obscure people to business types.
-Tom
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