Computer/software industrial is big and rich enough to have our own Nobel type Award for significant contributors to the Art, Design and Science of Computer/Software.

Good PR, karma, ego boost for everyone work in the fields.

Like "Academy of motion picture arts and sciences" - "Academy of Computer Sciences, Software and Design" All winners get A Golden Keyboard and $1 million real cash.

If I have choice, I would like to nominate:

    "Dennis Ritchie" - inventor of C language.   
    "Bill Joy" inventor of gdb.
    "Guido van Rossum" inventor of Python
    "Brendan Eich" inventor of Javascript. 
    "Linux" 
    "AT&T System V" 
    "BSD"