Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder

[William O'Higgins Witteman]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 09:38:42PM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/reiser-guilty-o.html
>>
>> OAKLAND, California -- Jurors found Linux programmer Hans Reiser guilty of
>> first degree murder on Monday, concluding he killed his estranged wife in
>> 2006. The verdict followed a nearly six-month trial and nearly three days of
>> deliberation

>And supposing he did do what he has been found guilty of, this is also
>a mighty uncomfortable thing.  It demonstrates that the community that
>many of us identify with has a definite dark side.

I would like to point out that, barring surprises and dogs, all of us on
this list are human - a condition notorious for a smooth and
frighteningly wide range of grey betwixt black and white.  Regardless of
what actually happened, this is a sad loss of life for one, of liberty
for another, but it is no more a reflection of the open source community
(and no less, BTW) than Al Capone's actions reflect on the distillers'.
-- 

yours,

William

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