Congratulations to Linus Torvalds

[kc1di]

It was announced that Linus is winner of this years Millennium Technology Prize.
Read about it here:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-receives-one-of-worlds-highest-technology-honors-2012-04-19

Congratulations !

[IWantFroyo]

Considering how popular Linux is on servers, he deserves it.

[Merk42]

The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded every two years:confused:

[kc1di]

:confused:

I was mistaken ;)Re: Congratulations to Linus This prize, determined by the

[Merk42]

I was mistaken ;)
My point is why does a Millennium Technology Prize not happen once a Millennium?

[SeijiSensei]

Perhaps if we're going to congratulate Linus, it might be nice to spell his name right! It's "Torvalds", not "Trovalds".

[forrestcupp]

Is this a prize that is awarded by the Linux Foundation? :)

[kc1di]

Is this a prize that is awarded by the Linux Foundation? :)

This prize, determined by the Technology Academy of Finland,

[kc1di]

Perhaps if we're going to congratulate Linus, it might be nice to spell his name right! It's "Torvalds", not "Trovalds".

Thanks for catching that one my fingers sometimes do not type what the brain thinks Strange I know :)

[Majorix]

This prize, determined by the Technology Academy of Finland,

Well that explains it, Linus is Finnish :)

[mips]

This prize, determined by the Technology Academy of Finland,


I really don't care about the fact that the recognition comes from Finland, the bottom line is the guy has done a amazing job so far and he deserves any credit he gets!

EDIT: If he got a Nobel peace prize in computer science I would not object to it.

[BrokenKingpin]

I really don't care about the fact that the recognition comes from Finland, the bottom line is the guy has done a amazing job so far and he deserves any credit he gets!

EDIT: If he got a Nobel peace prize in computer science I would not object to it.
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[tmaranets]

That is awesome.

[Bandit]

Its a well deserved award. Gratz to Linus.