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Interview/Article On John "Maddog" Hall

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the reigning-king-of-Linux-advocates dept.

mister_nate sent us a really cool interview with Jon "Maddog" Hall. I've said this before, but Maddog is the perfect Linux advocate. A lot of Slashdot readers (and I definitely include myself in this statement) can learn a lot by watching the way Jon handles Linux Advocacy. It's amazing.

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  1. A Linux movie? by planet_hoth · · Score: 5
    Did anyone else catch the part of the interview where this was mentioned:

    ...Vancouver, where MGM is filming a movie about an open-source hero battling a Pacific Northwest software monopoly

    ???

    I can just see it now;

    It's a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a suave European programmer/secret agent and a dweeby billionare who's half-man, half-machine and bent on world domination at any cost. Linus Torvalds is... The Torvinator!!!

    I think they should cast Tom Hanks as Linus and Quentin Tarantino as Bill Gates. But that's just me.

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  2. Comments by nconway · · Score: 4
    Linux also ignited the "open source" movement of shared software that has been partly adopted by companies from Netscape to Oracle

    Netscape, sure, but what Open Source software has Oracle released? (I could just be uninformed, so feel free to enlighten me).

    It's amazing how that article was able to allegedly cover the beginnings of the GNU/Linux movement, and *never* once mentioned the words "FSF", "Richard M. Stallman", or "GNU". The article makes it seem like Linus wrote the kernel, and all the rest of the GNU software kind of just 'appeared' out of thin air! I'm no FSF fanatic, but I think that RMS et al have a point. It's articles like this that make me think we should try to emphasize 'GNU/Linux' over just 'Linux'. And 'Free Software', rather than just 'Open Source'.

  3. Another /. poll in there? by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4
    Great article! And a few ideas for polls in it too!

    "What are your pet projects?"
    1) Mouse support for vi
    2) Making the world safe for pee cees
    3) Petrefing household pets
    4) Studing the Zen wisdom of CowboyNeal

    "How many hours each day do you spend at work?"
    1) 8
    2) 10
    3) 12
    4) 23.5

    What's your work space like?
    1) Cubicle
    2) Janitor closet 2.0
    3) Basement ("Maybe I should burn the place down")
    4) I decorate with a hand grenade..like it?

    "(Number of Linux computers, number of computers without a case, number of Windows machines (and why), number of monitors, etc.)"

    [I'll let the hungry masses fill in that one..]

    How about favorite beers?
    1) Bud
    2) Coors
    3) Anything German
    4) Anything Microbrewed
    5) Whatever CmdrTaco is ordering

    And who says polls are getting stale!

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    "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
  4. Unite rabid readers of Slashdot by Phallus · · Score: 4
    He has been interviewed by the rabid readers of the Web site Slashdot

    I may have to bite the interviewer on the leg for calling us that! (grrrh)

    tangent - art and creation are a higher purpose

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    postmoderncore - art and creation are a higher purpose