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May 22, 2009 7:29 AM PDT

The software trinity explained

by Dave Rosenberg
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The holy ones...Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates.

(Credit: Jeff Crouse)

Update at 1:25 p.m. PDT May 23: More information on the piece has been added.

Call them a "holy trinity" or the "three wise men of software"--one way or another you will eventually give these guys all your money and continue to worship at their respective altars.

The EyeBeam Gallery in New York's Chelsea neighborhood has been showing a piece of art that captures Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates (along with a tiny, cherubic Steve Ballmer) as icons, in the original sense of word.

Jeff Crouse, the artist who conceptualized the piece, said the triptych doesn't have a name. It was part of an installation called Praying@Home. (His intern, Jennifer Jacobs, is the person who actually painted the trio.)

Unfortunately, the piece is no longer on display at EyeBeam. However, you can eternally gaze upon these saints right here.

(Via iPhone Savior)

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About Software, Interrupted

In "Software, Interrupted," Dave Rosenberg discusses disruption in the software market, as well as the products and services that keep business technology norms in perpetual flux.

With nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience spanning from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs, Dave co-founded open-source software company MuleSource and now serves as general manager of Hardy Way. He also happens to be a U.S. patent holder and a workaholic. Technology is his best friend and mortal enemy.

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