Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? 601
Yaztromo asks: "Sometimes, as an Open Source Software developer, I wonder if anyone out there is actually noticing the contributions I make to the software they're running. This got me thinking today -- how many Open Source Software packages am I running without knowing or applauding those who toiled in the background to developed them? We all know about personalities like Richard M. Stallman and Linus Torvalds, but there are a lot of unsung heroes of Open Source out there whose names may not be on the tips of everyones tongues. But perhaps they should be. They may be wizard coders, or amazing project administrators, or they provide fantastic support. Maybe they do all three, and more. Or maybe they're the person in your organization who pushed an Open Source solution in the face of an entrenched closed-source solution, and won. Or the one who printed up a whole spindle of Knoppix CD's and handed them out at a user group meeting.
So here's you chance: who is your favorite unsung hero of Open Source Software, and why?"
Al Gore (Score:2, Funny)
Bill Gates... (Score:5, Funny)
CowboyNeal, of course! (Score:0, Funny)
dumb question.
Unsung sexy helpers! (Score:4, Funny)
Look all the way at the bottom. There's one guy there that did a TON for the community
A True Open Source Hero is... (Score:2, Funny)
Heres to you! (Score:5, Funny)
Russ Nelson (Score:5, Funny)
-russ
Re:Unsung sexy helpers! (Score:4, Funny)
I wanna be thanked for kicking people too!
Re:Red Demon (Score:4, Funny)
too much freedom? (Score:5, Funny)
Bram Moolenaar... (Score:5, Funny)
I have no idea what kind of software that 'Stallman' fellow has written, although I wish him luck -- maybe his project will catch on.
Re:Donald Becker (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Donald Becker (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gene Spafford (Score:4, Funny)
Ha! The idiot can't even spell 'intarweb'.
wtf? (Score:2, Funny)
dmesg |grep Donald Becker
Is Donald Becker connected to yor computer as a peripheral device?
Re:The Samba Team (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A True Open Source Hero is... (Score:5, Funny)
A: Well sure, it's like silvery or goldy but it's made out of iron.
*** rimshot ***
Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week.
Tip your waitresses and bartenders - they're working hard for you!!
Steve Balmer for (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The Samba Team (Score:1, Funny)
Darl McBride (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Steve Jobs (Score:3, Funny)
LK
No one has mentioned... (Score:2, Funny)
Aww (Score:4, Funny)
Does somebody need a hug???? Come'er! We'll give you one, but it'll be sloppy, overwhelming, we'll argue the whole time we're giving it, and then we'll vanish.
whoever first put porn on the internet (Score:5, Funny)
Thank god for porn!
Max
Shouldn't we mention John McCarthy?... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Donald Becker (Score:2, Funny)
Rikki Don't Lose That Number.
Re:The Samba Team (Score:5, Funny)
aw c'mon, ------------------ gets his share of credit, i see his name is source code all over the place
Re:Bill Gates... (Score:4, Funny)
I had that planned all along. You dont think I actually use my own products do you?
Now thanks to FreeBSD and Linux I can finally kill my aging Xenix and Openserver installations. Sco took the bait.
ROFL (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, no fair! Anyone besides Alan Cox.