Linus Torvalds Wins the Millennium Technology Prize!

Our friend, Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols, with ZDnet, reports that Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, is winning the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Geekdom! I’m down wit’ dat!

Linus Torvalds wins the tech. equivalent of a Nobel Prize: the Millennium Technology Prize.

“You can win Nobel prizes for physics, chemistry, and medicine, but technology? No. There is, however the Millennium Technology Prize. This is the world’s largest technology prize. It is rewarded ever two years for a technological innovation that significantly improves the quality of human life, today and in the future. This year, Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator, and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, maker of a new way to create stem cells without the use of embryonic stem cells, are both laureates for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize.

This prize, which is determined by the Technology Academy of Finland, is one of the world’s largest such prizes with candidates sought from across the world and from all fields of technology. The two innovators will share over a million Euros. The final winner will be announced by the President of the Republic of Finland in a special ceremony on June 13, 2012.”