It's likely anyone who makes a "10 people who don't matter list" will look like an idiot in 5 years, because there's little insight to be gained from trying to

It's likely anyone who makes a "10 people who don't matter list" will look like an idiot in 5 years, because there's little insight to be gained from trying to understand the tech scene as a series of people who "don't matter" -- a poorly-defined category of people whose "best days are behind them." And the inclusion of Torvalds is bizarre, regardless of whether he "matters." Everyone else on this list is a founder or an executive, working in worlds with entirely different definitions of success.