Comments on: July Fourth Is Time To Hail America’s Tech Heroes http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/july-fourth-is-time-to-hail-americas-tech-heroes Laptops, Netbooks, Gadgets - News and Reviews from the Geek perspective! Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:51:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dylanhttp://www.geekwithlaptop.com/july-fourth-is-time-to-hail-americas-tech-heroes/comment-page-1#comment-5080 Dylan Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:03:18 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/july-fourth-is-time-to-hail-americas-tech-heroes/#comment-5080 During Independence Day, we celebrate freedom. And who better to defend computer users' freedom than my buddy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman" rel="nofollow">Richard Stallman</a>? In the 1980s, he started the GNU Project for a Free Software operating system. Combined with the kernel called Linux, we now have the GNU/Linux operating system, which tens of millions now use.He's also the author of gcc, gdb, emacs, and other great tools that many of us interact with on a daily basis. During Independence Day, we celebrate freedom. And who better to defend computer users’ freedom than my buddy Richard Stallman? In the 1980s, he started the GNU Project for a Free Software operating system. Combined with the kernel called Linux, we now have the GNU/Linux operating system, which tens of millions now use.

He’s also the author of gcc, gdb, emacs, and other great tools that many of us interact with on a daily basis.

]]> By: Paul S.http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/july-fourth-is-time-to-hail-americas-tech-heroes/comment-page-1#comment-4998 Paul S. Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:40:37 +0000 http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/july-fourth-is-time-to-hail-americas-tech-heroes/#comment-4998 Nice job rounding up some of the most notable of all the forgotten heroes. Good to see Armstrong and Goldmark remembered along with some of the more familiar names, and good too to see that Philo is finally getting his due thanks to Aaron Sorkin. --PS Nice job rounding up some of the most notable of all the forgotten heroes. Good to see Armstrong and Goldmark remembered along with some of the more familiar names, and good too to see that Philo is finally getting his due thanks to Aaron Sorkin. –PS

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