Nobel Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds: A Northwest Nobel option?

Jason Carson jason-HjkH5KTEMfuEjziKL+yzSg at public.gmane.org
Tue Nov 24 01:32:44 UTC 2009


> Interesting read, here is a small sample of the article:
>
> "Former Vice President Al Gore’s visit to Portland today and tomorrow
> has prompted some Nobel Peace Prize thoughts, and in Oregon the idea
> of nominating a Northwesterner. The prospect shot around the
> Portland-area Linux circles (drawing some debate as well as approval
> as it did), starting with this email from Keith Lofstrom:
>
> "Since the Nobel Peace Prize is often given to politicians, some
> disagree with the choices. But it is often given to non-politicians
> who create international efforts to change the world for the better.
>
> "Look at the massive international efforts represented by SC09, and
> realize that much of it started from the work of a 21[-year-old]
> Finnish college student named after 1962 Nobel Peace Prize winner
> Linus Pauling. It would be fitting to honor that international effort
> by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the 20th
> anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 on the
> 50th anniversary of Pauling’s award."
>
> http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2009/11/18/a-northwest-nobel-option/
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael Lauzon
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Not to diminish Torvalds's work but what about Richard Stallman as a
candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize, he did after all create the GPL and
Free Software Foundation and has worked on the tools that form a GNU/Linux
system. The notion of a totally free operating system was his idea and
that has what has "changed the world".

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