Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder | |
From: | Joe Klemmer |
Date: | Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:44:30 -0400 |
[This is an interesting and well written article. It may not be something anyone might find useful in their job (or hobby) but it's worth reading. -- jjk] Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder Joshua Davis 06.26.07 | 2:00 AM Hans Reiser is waiting for me, standing on the other side of an imitation-wood table. The room is small, the concrete walls bare. A guard locks the steel door from the outside. There is no sound. Reiser is wearing the red jumpsuit of a prisoner in solitary confinement, though he has been allowed to meet with me in this chilly visiting room. There was a time when he was known as a cantankerous but visionary open source programmer. His work was funded by the government; he was widely credited (and sometimes reviled) for rethinking the structure of the Linux operating system. Now he is known as prisoner BFP563. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-07/ff_hansreiser?currentPage=all