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Solve : Linus Torvalds Receives IEEE's Computer Pioneer Award? |
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Answer» Yes, the story cam out in May. But it is remarkable still. Linus Torvalds has been given the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award, 20 years after the release of the Linux kernel 1.0 that he developed as a University of Helsinki STUDENT in his native COUNTRY of FINLAND. In the two decades that followed, shock waves spread far beyond the humble Linux kernel, spawning a worldwide open-source development movement that today shows no signs of slowing.About time they gave him some credit.I was glad that he was on the side of open-source. My first exposure to Linux was way back in 1996 with Slackware on a 486 DX 66Mhz with 24MB RAM, which I was offered an installation opportunity from a friend of mine who had it on a pile of floppies. Looking back at the 1960s to date, there were those who were computer genius's ( the original hackers ) who felt that software should be open to all who owned a system that could run it, and then you had the other group who felt as if it was LIKE a work or art in which every copy should be paid for. Today in 2014 we still have these 2 groups, those who require money to use their software or OS legally and those who are creating open source software and OS for the better of mankind and personal recognition with no monetary gain beyond that of donations. Thinking back, the world would be way different had Linux not been open source. So many devices that use it embedded may not have come into existance because the OS licensing ate too greatly into the margin to be MADE or if they did they would have cost more because of OS licensing. Also if Linux was as successful as it is today under the Microsoft model of non-open source. It would be probably no better or even worse than Microsoft OS are to exploits. While Linus HAS had recognition from many others over the years, I find it odd that it took IEEE this long to declare him a computer pioneer.Quote While Linus HAS had recognition from many others over the years, I find it odd that it took IEEE this long to declare him a computer pioneer.Exactly! |
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