http://www.uniforum.org/news/html/publications/uninews/970305/thenews5.html
UniForum Bestows Annual Awards
The highest award UniForum presents is The
UniForum Achievement Award which will be presented
to two richly deserving recipients at UniForum '97.
And the winners are:
Linus Torvalds, of Transmeta
Corp, Santa Clara, Calif., is the
"Father of the LINUX Operating
System". The award celebrates
his efforts in creating the LINUX
kernel and his pioneering efforts
in making his work available at
little or no cost to those who
wish to develop on it. The results
to date have been the creation of
new companies and products that
are using LINUX to bring added
value to applications for the
enterprise; and a new
appreciation for the power of a
truly open system.
James Gosling, Vice president at
SunSoft and a Sun Fellow, is the leader
of the Java development team.
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Donna Derby Yobs yobs@corp.sgi.com
Corporate Marketing Silicon Graphics/Cray Research
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