But they all made companies that made things.
It has been a long time since any piece of software that was impactful could be built by one person.
And making the company is thus the important part. I would put "the next Linus Torvalds will not build an Operating System" in there too.
Secondly the next new thing has already been invented, it just has not been widely disseminated. James Watt did not invent the steam engine, but he embraced and extended it whilst building perhaps the first truly modern international company.
And making the company is thus the important part. I would put "the next Linus Torvalds will not build an Operating System" in there too.
Secondly the next new thing has already been invented, it just has not been widely disseminated. James Watt did not invent the steam engine, but he embraced and extended it whilst building perhaps the first truly modern international company.