Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

Moshe Bar is (pick one) 1. A Linux kernel developer; 2. A motorcycle enthusiast; 3. The primary openMosix maintainer; 4. A respected Linux device driver writer; 5. Author of several books and many articles about Linux; 6. Newly married. 7. A Talmudic scholar; 8. All of the above. The correct answer is 8, and since in addition to (or perhaps because of) all this Moshe is a popular guy, this interview is here by reader request. (Yes, we take interview requests; send them to robin@roblimo.com.) Ask Moshe whatever you wish, one question per post. We'll send him 10 of the highest moderated questions and post his answers as soon as he gets them back to us.

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occupied territories

[emir]

2 questions:

What do you think about ongoing conflict in middle east?

What do you think about massacre that Isreali soldiers commited in refugee camp in Jenin?

Boycotting Israel and Israeli technology

[Ashurbanipal]

Many geeks track politics from a logically analytical standpoint rather than from an emotional, nationalistic, or religiously prescribed stance.

Some of these "freethinkers" have come to the conclusion that Israel is a racist theocracy no better than the WW2 German Nationialism that spawned it. Right or wrong, this viewpoint exists, and my question is based not on the debatable truth of this view but rather on its existence.

Much technology development, and many great programmers (Arnold Robbins comes to mind) are resident in Israel. Is it legitimate (from your perspective as a student of the Talmud) to use one's influence to dissuade one's employer from using technology developed in Israel, if one has anti-Zionist beliefs? What if using one's position to show solidarity with the oppressed Semitic peoples of Israel and Palestine is a disservice to one's employer? Is the responsibility to the employer greater than the responsibility to personal conscience?

And finally, does it make a difference if you're Jewish, and have spent countless hours in thought, study and prayer before arriving at the decision to boycott Israel?

Your wife...

[zerOnIne]

... is she a goer, eh? Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, *wink*wink* know whatahmean, say no more?

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For those lacking context, check the script. Seriously though, congrats!

Re:Off-topic

[Anomolous Cow Herd]

Holy fuck, you are dense! I nominate you for Slashdot editorship.