Linus Torvalds receives "Lifetime Achievement Award" at Uniforum

[Jon 'maddog' Hall, USG Senior Leader]

I was honored to attend the Uniforum presentation where Linus Torvalds
received Uniforum's "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his work on Linux.

Linus (as always) pointed out that he would accept the award, but that it
really belonged to the entire Linux development community.

The award, which has been presented annually since 1983, recognizes individuals
or groups whose work has significantly advanced the cause of open systems over
time, or has had an immediate and positive impact on the industry with long
term ramifications.

I was impressed that Linus won this "Lifetime Acheivement Award" at a
relatively young age.

To give the idea of others who have received it, James Gosling also accepted
an award at this meeting for his work on Java.  Linus was in good company.

You can see pictures of him receiving the award at:

http://daily.comdex.com/events/uf97/photos3.htm

taken and presented on the web as part of the Uniforum Show Daily newspaper.

md
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