Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Question - 660

Identify these people and a common position they have all held. (Not an exhaustive list)

Update: No hits so far. Maybe I should word the question better. I am looking for a common title that they all hold. A variant of this title is used in politics and is almost always dubious and unjustified. The 2nd and 4th guys should be recognizable - the second one is named for a Nobel winning chemist/a cartoon character. Note the attire of the fourth one.

Answer: Guido Van Rossum (python), Linus Torvalds (linux), Larry Wall (perl) and Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu)- they all hold the post of "Benevolent dictator for life" for their respective open source projects. Krishna, Paddy, Shrey Banga, Iam, Raghu and Avi got it. Well done.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Guido van Rossum (python), Linus Torvalds (linux), Larry Wall (perl), Mark Shuttleworth (ubuntu). Title: "Benevolent dictator for life"

- Krishna

Paddy said...

"Benvolent Dictator for Life"

Guido Van Rossum (Python) is the first picture,
Linus Torvalds(Linux) is the second
Larry Wall (Perl) is the third
Mark Shuttleworth is the fourth guy

Shrey said...

Benevolent dictators for life?

Iam said...

Benevolent Dictator For Life

Raghu said...

Benevolent Dictator For Life. Nice one.

Avi said...

Benevolent Dictator for Life..?