[PLUG] Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize

[Rob Saul]

Tim Wescott wrote:
> But then Bill Gates will try to buy Sweden.

Nah,  Microsoft will just announce they have
a Scandinavian country 'under development', there
by causing people to cease considering current
Scandinavian countries as viable.


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> On Wed, November 18, 2009 9:08 am, 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.
>>
>> 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.
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>> Linux is one of the largest cooperative international efforts ever
>> undertaken.  It inspired Ubuntu, One Laptop Per Child, and many
>> other global projects.  Linux conquered the supercomputer space,
>> the server space, the embedded computer space - by peaceful means!
>> Linux helped sequence the human genome, helps protect the world
>> computer infrastructure from viral attack, and is now the pathway
>> for millions to learn computer programming and participate in new
>> international efforts.
>>
>> The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (a politician some disagree
>> with, please disagree in a different thread, thanks) is giving
>> the keynote to SC09 as I write this.  Meaning that we are all
>> three handshakes away from the people that decide on future Peace
>> Prizes.  Perhaps it is time to launch some messages through our
>> connections and see what makes it to the committee meetings in Oslo.
>>
>> According to the list on Wikipedia, the five people to convince are
>> Thorbjørn Jagland (chair), Kaci Kullmann Five (deputy chair), Sissel
>> Rønbeck, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, and Ågot Valle.  We can start by
>> sending them Norsk language Ubuntu disks.
>>
>> While I imagine Linus Torvalds would be embarrassed by the attention,
>> it would sure make his parents happy.  And it would mean one less
>> Peace Prize for a politician.
>>
>> Keith
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