AllThingsD » Computing Technology Industry Association http://allthingsd.com Sat, 26 May 2012 14:31:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 What Can I Say, Mr. Zuckerberg? Your Name Just Never Came Up. http://allthingsd.com/20071108/comptia-influencers/ http://allthingsd.com/20071108/comptia-influencers/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:01:36 +0000 John Paczkowski http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071107/comptia-influencers/ iwin.jpgMicrosoft chairman Bill Gates, not Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, is the most influential IT personality of the past quarter-century.

This according to a survey of IT professionals conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Asked to list the most influential tech personalities of the last 25 years, 84% of respondents listed Gates, and 73% listed Jobs. Also appearing on the list: Dell CEO Michael Dell (53% of respondents); Linux founder Linus Torvalds (47%); Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page (also 47%); Cisco CEO John Chambers (44%); Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (36%); Vint “Father of the Internet” Cerf (35%); Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (also 35%); and eBay CEO Meg Whitman (30%).

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