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Mohamed El-Fatatry: Torvalds of the Muslim world
- SwellJoe 18y agoI'm absolutely baffled by how they've managed to compare this guy to Linus Torvalds. They're operating in completely different fields, with completely different motivations, and for completely different markets...and very likely, their impact will be measurable on a completely different scale. We already know that Linus has changed the world for everyone who uses the Internet, with no relation to religious beliefs at all, and that his impact will be felt for at least a generation to come (very likely more), and I kinda suspect that this "Torvalds of the Muslim world" fellow will have little to no impact beyond building a moderately successful niche social network (or whatever it is he's building...the article is a bit bombastic and not long on clarity of thought). Maybe he's the Tom Anderson of the Muslim world. Maybe he's the Mark Zuckerberg of the Muslim world. Maybe he's the whoever it is that started Linden Labs of the Muslim world. But he's not in the same league, or even playing the same game, as Torvalds. I just wanted to get that off my chest. Nonsensical comparisons bug me.
- jgrahamc 18y agoI was about to post the same observation. The comparison with Linus is silly; this man appears to be a perfectly reasonable entrepreneur who's going after a specific target market for social networking/immersive worlds. Good for him, but not relevant to a Linus type impact even if he does live in Finland.