[ Thanks to steve
hill for this link. ]
“Richard Stallman.. With rms, I don’t even know
where to start. He started the GNU project, which is a rather
important part of the GNU/Linux operating system, in 1983
(that’s right: nineteen eighty-three!) and set up the Free
Software Foundation in 1985. He wrote the original GNU C
compiler—yes, the program used to transform programs from
programming language to executable code. He spends most of his time
being a political and software activist. If you want to see what
dedication is, read his blog and see his beyond-hectic travelling
schedule.“Pamela Jones. Talking about dedication, Pamela Jones is the
author of Groklaw, arguably the web site that saved GNU/Linux and
free software in general from SCO/Microsoft’s claws. Pamela
Jones is a truly outstanding individual. She authored around 1000
articles over the last 3 years—and a lot of them are
full-length pieces which resonated loudly in the IT industry as a
whole.“Linus Torvards.. He wrote Linux, the kernel, without which the
GNU utilities wound’t have anything to run on. Linus’
kernel was timely, and was released under the GPL (written by
Richard Stallman) in 1991. Linux is a very important part of the
GNU/Linux project.”