On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Balaji Damodaran <damodaran.balaji@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
This is an interesting article about the list of most powerful voices
in Open Source.
http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/2010/03/17/mpv/
The top 10 are:
1.Tim OReilly - Founder of OReilly Media
2. Linus Torvalds - developer, Linux Kernel
3. Chris Messina - Open Source advocate (known for his involvement in
helping to create the BarCamp, Spread Firefox, and coworking
movements)
4. Jonathan Schwartz - ex-CEO, Sun Microsystems
5. Miguel de Icaza - developer, GNOME and Mono projects
6. Glenn Hilton - CEO of ImageX Media. Mac-using, social
media-loving, open source enthusiast
7. Glyn Moody - known for his book 'Rebel Code: Linux and the Open
Source Revolution'
8. Matt Asay - populat CNET Blogger
9. Dries Buytaert - original product lead for Drupal
10. Guido van Rossum - author of Python
Though a bit controversial since RMS is nowhere in the top 50 list.