I was very surprised not to see Bill Joy on the list for VI, csh, BSD and Sun. I was absolutely shocked not to see Richard Stallman on the list for Emacs, GCC,

I was very surprised not to see Bill Joy on the list for VI, csh, BSD and Sun. I was absolutely shocked not to see Richard Stallman on the list for Emacs, GCC, and the entire free software movement. Sure, lots of people read Coding Horror and 73signals, but Stallman and his Free Software Foundation started a movement. Regardless of one's opinions of the FSF ideology, it's undeniable that Stallman has influenced two generations of programmers and changed the world as a result.