FSF award to...

[Peter Hansen]

Geert-Jan Van den Bogaerde wrote:
> 
> For the curious, it was awarded at FOSDEM (Free Software and Open Source
> Developers European Meeting) in Brussels (Belgium) just a few hours ago.
> In fact, I just got back from there.
> 
> Guido was there to receive the award (though I don't think he's actually
> giving a talk at FOSDEM unfortunately).
> 
> RMS commented that he personally has not used Python, but has been told
> it is a very good language, and that it incorporated many elements from
> LISP.

>From the release:
"""
   The selection committee included: Miguel de Icaza, Ian Murdock, 
   Eric Raymond, Peter Salus, Vernor Vinge, and Larry Wall.
   [...]
   Guido van Rossum was chosen from three finalists for the award. 
   [...]
   The prior winners were Larry Wall, Miguel de Icaza, and Brian Paul. 
"""

So will Guido be on the selection committee next year?  ;-)

-Peter