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LINUS TORVALDS

Creator of LINUX

Bio:

After programming games on his first computer, a Commodore VIC 20, Torvalds turned his interests to creating an alternative to the standard operating systems available commercially. Using an open-source model (allowing a loose-knit group of other interested programmers to contribute source code and changes to the software) and attaching his favorite animal, the penguin, as the products icon, he created LINUX.  

Links:

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/torvalds/

http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26158

http://www.thocp.net/biographies/torvalds_linus.html