<story><title>Linux creator Linus Torvalds shares Millennium Technology Prize</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18423502</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ChuckMcM</author><text>That&apos;s pretty cool. Remembering back to the old Minix/Linux flame fest I would not have ever predicted it would end up this way.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m struck by the fact that these sorts of things are often given to people who have persisted, year after year, in pursuit of singular excellence in a particular topic. I highly respect folks who have that level of grit.</text></comment>
<story><title>Linux creator Linus Torvalds shares Millennium Technology Prize</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18423502</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kvnn</author><text>I have always been curious whether Linus has made good money for his contributions. This both made me happy that he was given some money and prompted me to find out whether he has made money otherwise.&lt;p&gt;It looks like he has [1], and thats awesome.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Later_years&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Later_years&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>