25 Years of Linux — so far

In an otherwise excellent piece, I felt that this section skipped an important point: Many of those outcomes did not come to pass thanks to the non-technical contributions of some pretty surprising people.

Activists and researchers, lawyers and managers… there are so many people who found this world through shared politics, principles, and social connections, or were simply reassigned to a new job and got excited. Some of them have contributed more than they'll ever let on (corporate politics), did invaluable work we couldn't fully understand (pro bono legal expertise), or simply gave their staff time to get involved and do things right (enlightened management).

If you have ever worked on a major FLOSS project, you'll know people like this. You won't find them in git blame, you may not even find them in mailing list archives, but their contributions are still felt today.