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Hey, I founded Pixar and sold it to Steve.

Not to mention he started the war in iRAQ.

And in case you were wondering...

#1 Bill Gates
#2 Alan Greenspan

Sorry folks, but in the past 25 years, Alan Greenspan was the msot important person in business. No one, but no one comes close.

Now, let the Gates bashing begin!

Who said USA Today was nothing but a fish wrapper?

That is sad. "Journalism" at work....

I mean, if they can't research Steve Jobs correctly, can you believe the facts in the other articles???

Where would Gates be, if Jobs had not hired him to make software for the Mac??

more so, what about Ballmer?

How is Bill Gates the most influential?

Last time he came to Congress thirsting for more Z Visas, they told him to shut the fsck up and sent him on his way. Nobody gives a fsck what Bill Gates has to say. Nobody listens to him.

When Steve Jobs hands down commands, things get done!

I invented Pixar.

I invented and own the letter "L." (©1952 Botvinnik Letters, Inc.)

@R2
To be fair, it is the "last 25 years". During that time, by whatever means, Microsoft became the engine of computing on upwards to 95% of computers. That, by any standards is influencial. I'm not defending Bill Gates or MS methods for obtaining that position (God forbid), but it did happen.

Bill Gates is influential to me.

Your potential. Our passion.™

Hey Zune Tang, how ya doin'?

Alan Greenspan lowered interest rates that encorage people to refinance and spend the equity in their homes. It was a fake economic boom that's led to many people now losing their homes.

No comment!

Zune Tang Klang....

Your Frustration, Our fault.

Shit, it's the last 25 years?

Well disregard my earlier comment.

Artist. Greenspan didn't force anyone to buy a $600,000 house while they were making $9.00 per hour. For the most part it was private equity money that financed the boom. In fact, HSBC a large British bank just reported loses of about $6 billion on home loans in the US. Do you think Alan Greenspan "forced" a British bank to make a stupid loan? See: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/hsbc-net-up-25-china/story.aspx?guid={477D774F-FBCA-402C-B8A8-EFDBDEC6DB82}

Bill Gates is the richest man, not the most influential, not even influential at all with regard to technology.

He has nothing of value to contribute to technology. He just has a lot of money. Ditto for Ballmer.

Being Influential doesn't mean you are doing it in a good way. Bill has influenced millions of people to buy iPods and now to purchase macs and other apple products.

Way to go Bill!

Credit where it's due.

Bill Gates has been a huge inspiration to amphibian-related, cartoon voiceover artists everywhere.

When ever ZT posts I automatically skip over the drivel and move along.

Don't listen to the Kool-Aid drinkers.

What is so important about Gates? how to steal and plagiarise. The only worthwhile thing Gates does is give to the poor, unfortunately it wasnt just the rich he stole from

No mention in the USA Today blurb about NeXT???

A person gets tyhe idea that you must worship Robin Hood

Alan Greenspan lowered interest rates that encorage people to refinance and spend the equity in their homes. It was a fake economic boom that's led to many people now losing their homes.

IOW, Greenspan is to blame for people not thinking for themselves? Although minimal (if any) regulation of shady vendors certainly didn't help matters.

True story: I was among the masses looking for a mortgage during the housing gold rush. One visit to a mortgage lender literally went like this:

Me: How much do I qualify for?

Lender: How much do you want?

Ok, this is the kind of conversation you'd expect with a loan shark or pawn shop. BUT WITH A BANK FOR A 6-FIGURE MORTGAGE??

Greenspan would have been far away #1, if it wasn't for the fatal mistake of not increasing lending oversight while lowering rates. Greenspan, if anyone, should have learned the loose-and-easy-money lessons of the dot-com bust.

How is Bill Gates the most influential?

There is no one else f$#^ing up more people's work every day.

There is no one else enabling more cyber criminals and spammers!

Now that's influential!

Greenspan at #2? Ha Ha. LOL! Anyone associated with this bogus "public" institution known as the Federal Reserve is a joke. How many of you MDN readers know that the Federal Reserve isn't "Federal" at all; rather it is a private institution that our country borrows money from and pays interest on. Formed in 1913 when all but three Congressman were present to legalize it, the Federal Reserve has since done more to harm our economy and manipulate our way of life than any other entity, person, etc.

Search for Ron Paul and the Federal Reserve on YouTube, sit back and be astonished with how our country is actually run financially (or should I say "ruined"). You can thank me later for the heads up on this one.

Bill Gates is influential because he invented Windows. Without Windows, 95% of the world's computers would not run. If we left it to Steve Jobs, we'd all be paying $10,000 for a piece of crap. The Mac really is crap. I tried it in the mall the other day with high expectations. The GUI sucks big time. The green + button does nothing. It defies good GUI design conventions. Double tapping on the touchpad does nothing. You have to press the trackpad button. OSX is just clunky. Too many clicks to perform simple commands. If Apple lowered the price of an entry-level Mac, I might try it but Windows XP Pro works for me.