Network World: "The Unsung Fathers of Technology"

See a recent slide show on Network World with the pictures, along with a brief introduction, of ten "inventor[s], originator[s,] or driving force behind a new product or technology." Among them is Sun's James Gosling, Father of Java technology.

The others are all interesting to read about: Father of the mobile phone, Father of the mouse, Father of telecommuting, and so forth.