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"Linux is the new Unix," Says Dell

Ohhhh... ahhhhh... what a visionary.

So I was thinking.. does everyone know the big names in the Computer world? Do you know who Ellison is? Where Joy is? What Metcalfe did? Well, you should. Read on.

This is by no means a complete comprehensive list but it'll get you started with names you should be familiar with. (and since I think WIRED does such a swell job at it, I'll quote links to articles in wired about said people. I will also include googlisms for each person)

1) Bob Metcalfe - Inventor of Ethernet, founder of 3Com
The Legend of Bob Metcalfe
bob metcalfe is overcommitted
bob metcalfe is in touch with the people who determine the future
bob metcalfe is overloading
bob metcalfe is the curmudgeon of the computer press
bob metcalfe is a leading inventor
bob metcalfe is a member of the mit class of 1968
bob metcalfe is telling the truth
bob metcalfe is the brains behind the ethernet
bob metcalfe is one of the daddies of the internet


2) Bill Joy - cofounder and Chief Scientist of Sun Microsystems
Why the future doesn't need us
bill joy is obviously in low earth orbit
bill joy is absolutely right
bill joy is serious
bill joy is chief scientist and corporate executive officer of sun microsystems
bill joy is also a member of the national academy of engineering
bill joy is elitist
bill joy is not taking credit for things he didn't do
bill joy is one of the industry's leading visionaries
bill joy is hooey?
bill joy is a crackpot


3) Steve Jobs - cofounder and CEO of Apple Computer Co.
WIRED interview
steve jobs is simply a fluke
steve jobs is boring and profitable
steve jobs is trying to kill me
steve jobs is an innovation leader in this industry
steve jobs is right on target with where apple must go
steve jobs is the man
steve jobs is a visionary in the world of personal computers that led the entire computer hardware and software industry to restructure itself
steve jobs is supreme over steve wozniak


4) Steve 'Woz' Wozniak - cofounder of Apple Computer Co.
The World According to Woz
steve wozniak is still fathering the computer revolution
steve wozniak is known as woz
steve wozniak is reprogrammed
steve wozniak is tired of all play and no work
steve wozniak is probably the single most important person in the microcomputer revolution
steve wozniak is among the elite individuals that have become part of the national inventors hall of fame
steve wozniak is one of those people


5) Bill Gates - cofounder of Microsoft
Why Bill Gates Quit His Job
bill gates is satan' page
bill gates is a satanic worshiper who uses microsoft to gain
bill gates is the anti christ
bill gates is a theif
bill gates is on the bus
bill gates is a hero
bill gates is darth vader
bill gates is right
bill gates is the pope
bill gates is the devil


6) Marc Andreessen - cofounder of Netscape
Crank It Up
marc andreessen is the young co
marc andreessen is wrong to claim that netscape "supports all standards"
marc andreessen is putting the ooooooooooh back in ipo
marc andreessen is a cyberspace folk hero whose programming savvy made the vast resources of the internet's world wide web available to anyone
marc andreessen is one of the most important people in cyberspace


7) Tim Berners Lee - inventor of the WWW
Crank It Up
time berners-lee is generally credited with inventing the world wide web
time berners-lee is now with the w3 consortium at mit