Re: The 15 most influential people in security today

[silky <michaelslists () gmail com>]

On Feb 14, 2008 8:33 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:51:55 EST, Alex Eckelberry said:
> > Well, there seem to a fair number of people missing from this list,
> > actually (and some are very deservedly on it).
>
> It would have been easier to do a "top 25" list, for sure..
>
> I see one or two names that don't really qualify as a "continuing presence"
> that are actively doing stuff - but they got on because their One Big Thing
> was a wakeup call.  For instance, Dino Dai Zovi hasn't been heard much since
> he gave the Mac world a smack upside the head - but it was a sorely needed
> smack...
>
> In the end, making a "perfect" list of Top 15 anythings, be they security
> experts or rock guitarists or cars, is well-nigh impossible, and the attempt
> usually resembles making sausage - you *really* don't want to know the details.

that seems like a fairly stupid analogy. i think the details are
exactly what you want to know in this case. if you cared, that is.
which i don't, really. after all, it's just a bunch of letters put
together to earn some money for the website ... doesn't need to be
informative or useful, just divisive and attention-grabbing.

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