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Ask Donald Becker

Posted by Roblimo on from the linux-luminaries dept.

This is a "needs no introduction" introduction, because Donald Becker is one of the people who has been most influential in making GNU/Linux a usable operating system, and is also one of the "fathers" of Beowulf and commodity supercomputing clusters in general. Usual Slashdot interview rules apply, plus a special one for this interview only: "What if we made a Beowulf cluster of these?" is not an appropriate question.

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  1. Introduction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I thought you said he needed no introduction :)

  2. is this right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I was typing something in my GNU/vi editor the other day and after GNU/grep'ing the output I noticed an error in spelling. Perhaps my GNU/emacs would have served better but I just didn't think. I might fire up my GNU/gcc on some code I wrote to enable automatic spell checking of documents saved to key directories. GNU/Linux would allow me to do this in a nice way that makes me oh so happy!

  3. Why not try to be an astronaut while at CESDIS? by forged · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It must have been cool to be part of the Goddard Space Flight Center staff. Did you meet famous people while working there? Didn't this make you want to ditch IT, and become an astronaut yourself instead?

  4. Karma Burn by Hieronymus+Howard · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Are you ever mistaken for a member of Steely Dan?

  5. I know they said not to, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Can you imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Donald Beckers?