> > Total Percent > > richard rogers 636494 7.42 > > henry ford 555916 6.48 > > douglas macarthur 474770 5.53 > > bill gates 468605 5.46 <--- We can beat this poor rating! > > howard hughes 351237 4.09 > > vehbi koc 350473 4.08 > > steve jobs 336439 3.92 > > murat arslan 205791 2.40 > > > Voting for Linus Tolrvalds is not a good idea. The man is not a Titan, > in any sense of the word... even less than Bill Gates.
I disagree. Linux may be most important now as a figurehead, but the visibility of figureheads is important. > Making such silly votes, is sure to disrubt the balance and help put > Bill Gates up on the list, or is *that* your intent? to make your > favourite maggot "Bill Gates" the Titan of the century? Do you have the > "hots" for the man? Gates or Linus? I don't think much of Gates, but have no problem admitting that I think Linus and his ilk are pretty terrific. > > People like Henry Ford, and Douglas McArthur are far greater Titans, > who are among those candidates people *should* spend their votes on. Not > on anal jokes, just because they have the "hots" for'em. I am not ashamed to admit that I think Linus and the system and philosophy he has come to represent are extremely important. Linux is more than a great OS, it's the largest and most advanced technological achievment of a group of volunteers in all of history. Ford was almost a Nazi, and McArthur, though useful, was hardly an original article. Personally I think the world would be a much better place if an advanced math or science degree was a prerequisite for public service. Repeal the nativity claus! Linus for president! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Orn Einar Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice+fax; +46 035 217194 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]