Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder

[Ansar Mohammed]

Well at least its open source and the project can continue without him. But
should they rename it considering the filesystem will be named after a
convicted felon.. I mean who wants to use MansonFS or McVeighFS :P




> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of William
> O'Higgins Witteman
> Sent: April 29, 2008 9:49 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder
> 
> 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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