On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 09:08 -0800, 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. > snip
> 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. Here's a link to a list of people who may submit nominations for the Nobel peace prize http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_committee/who-can-nominate/ Perhaps some of us know and can start by lobbying someone in one of the following areas: "University professors of history, political science, philosophy, law and theology," Pity Larry Lessig didn't follow through on his run for Congress, he would have gotten a hearing if he nominated Linus. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
