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PCWeek: The 15 most influential people in high tech

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 1999

“The dynamics of the high-tech industry alone–not to mention
the hundreds of innovators who have had a hand in shaping it–made
the task of selecting the 15 most influential people over the last
15 years a daunting one.”

“Here we salute the people behind those products as well as
recognize the pioneers whose ingenuity has resulted in technologies
that were unimaginable 15 years ago.”

Linus comes in last and answers questions on what he was
doing 15 years ago, most significant event, his greatest personal
impact, greatest accomplishment and what he’ll be doing in
2014!

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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