ZDNet UK: Linux Pioneer Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

"Alan Cox, sometime maintainer of the Linux Kernel and well-known open source advocate, picked up a lifetime achievement award at the LinuxWorld awards in London on Wednesday night.

"Picking up the award in front of a rapturous crowd, Cox stressed the strength of open source development. 'Open source works because we all walk the path together,' Cox said. 'Whether the path is hard or easy, if you have OK people at your back anybody can walk any path...'"

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