“At the forefront of every new trend is a visionary. One person
whose forward thinking maps out all of our futures. These people
don’t always become the richest. But their innovative spark ignites
entire industries around them.”
“HARDWARE: LINUS TORVALDS, TRANSMETA
Creating Linux was his contribution to the last decade. If
Transmeta lives up to the hype, it may deliver the first true
innovation to microprocessors in more than a decade — giving Intel
a real run for its money.
OPERATING SYSTEM: BOB YOUNG, RED HAT Hard to believe
someone who voluntarily wears a red fedora in publicity photos
could pioneer a new open source business model. If he succeeds,
everyone will be following his lead — turning the industry upside
down. And obliterating the locked-down standards model of
Microsoft.”