RC> There were a lot of good people on the original list. So I RC> wouldn't feel too bad about not making the finals. I think it RC> will take several years before all the people that deserve to RC> win, actually make it to the finals. RC> My guess is that either Donald Knuth or Larry Wall will win. Given that Mr. Torvalds and Mr. Stallman were disqualified for having been already honoured for their contributions, perhaps Mr. Wall should also be disqualified. He received something like a lifetime achievement award at the Usenix general conference in Anaheim (the one before the last one in New Orleans).