Linux Foundation Hall of Fame Gurus Recognized
After relaunch of the Linux.com website, the Linux Foundation ran a Gurus contest. The first winners have now been announced.
The Dell notebook personally signed by Linus Torvalds went to sysadmin Masen Marshall, who attained the highest ranking as "Top Guru!" with 2,744 points
Second through fourth places went to Web developer and sysadmin Kunal P. Bharati (2,487 points), sysadmin Andrea Benini (1,202 points) and development and training expert Matthew Fillpot (1,093 points). Fifth place at 1,008 points, just a single point lead over sixth place, went to Dennis Wiesmann a.k.a. Emperor.
The first five winners get all expense paid trips to the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, April 14-16 in San Francisco CA.
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