Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 20th Aug 2006 20:03 UTC
If open source were a religion, Linus Torvalds, the Finnish engineer who wrote the core of the operating system that would become Linux, would be its prophet. In 1991, Mr Torvalds created the kernel, or core software, that would eventually be adopted by millions of computer users and lay the foundation for a vibrant open-source community. In an email interview with Red Herring, Mr Torvalds says the increasing focus of venture capitalists and large companies on open source can only be good for a community that, until now, was on the fringes of the commercial realm.
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2005-08-19
My take:
Richard Stallman - god, The Creator ]:->
Bill Gates - god, The Creator, but it's another religion
The Tux Penguin - The Sign
Linus Torvalds - pope
OSS coders - prophets
people - people
animals (except penguins) - animals