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FreeBSD Core Developer Thrown Out
SlashChick writes "From a discussion on the freebsd-chat mailing list, it appears that one of the FreeBSD core developers, Matt Dillon, has been barred from committing any changes to the FreeBSD kernel. Dillon was one of the developers 'responsible for making FreeBSD 4.x the most rugged and stress-proof free operating system in existence,' and also contributed to fixing the Linux VM. Unfortunately, there has been little explanation from the FreeBSD core team about why Dillon was thrown out, leading to speculation and worries about the future of the FreeBSD kernel. Does the Slashdot community have any more insight into this situation? Would someone from the FreeBSD team care to elaborate and assuage our worries?" CD Update: Greg Lehey from the core team has infact elaborated in this comment.
Just in time for Wild Things 2
Veeeeee don't need no stinkin lead developer.
The devil made them do it.
While my primary job aint tech, i play one in my spare time....and i thought BSD was losing mindshare, as well as boxen?? For Gods sake, why would someone choose BSD over linux????.
I suppose due to the less restrictive commercial license, but IBM is showing how to deal with that...
Wow, actor and leet BSD Developer! Who'd have thunk?
It's all about office politics.
Hey probably wanted to make a new variant, like ExpensiveBSD or UltraFreeBSD or CoolBSD
Or maybe he admitted to owning a copy of Windows XP?
Never email donotemail@WeAreSpammers.com
Miguel de incaza gets chucked out of gnome, helps kde instead.
yeh, I'm marking c++ lab exercises now, and I can tell ya, people that don't comment enough surely don't make it easy on those people that have to understand their code.
...then release WinBSD!
well, an actor atleast...
NOT!
Top ten posts will be:
Slashdot is jumping the shark. I'm just driving the boat.
I think you mean ousted? Although that could be a totally new side of history that I never knew about...
They caught him using Windows XP at home.
... Gossip for Nerds, Stuff that chatters.
I know, its not even funny.
Everybody has a purpose in life, maybe mine is to lurk in slashdot.
Hmmm....I'm not convinced, you'll have to try harder.
I didn't know Krushchev was gay.
Is that is why he kept banging his shoes against tables all the time? Because they were such horrible fashion statements?
And what makes you think these kind of things don't happen in non-OSS projects? If this was a situation within a corporation where a member of a team was causing disruption they'd be sacked regardless how good they where.
Sounds like crappy politics - ruins more stuff than it should. Why can't people just shut up and code?
Reminds me of a certain someone, a certain website, and a certain -1 Offtopic Mod.
But what do I know? Until you get two people together to talk it out while being moderated, you'll never get anywhere once the lines of communication break down.
Sorry, they already have that. Oh, wait. I thought you said WinBS O D. Sorry.
There's no point in questioning authority if you aren't going to listen to the answers.
Come on, Slashdot. Matt Dillon has been one of The Outsiders for at least 20 years.
taken! (by Davidleeroth) Thanks Bingo Foo!
What about Doc, Miss Kitty, and Chester? Are they the next to be kicked to the curb?
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
BSD programmers already code for MS, haven't you read the license?
Theo de Raadt Version 2.0
...
... A deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix"
"FreeBSD Core Developer Guy: A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just
FreeBSD Core Developer Girl: How much
like it, was it the same cat?
Theo de Raadt Version 2.0
Snowdog
Um, Matt? There's a small problem... You forgot to put a cover sheet on your last TSP report, I'm afraid we're going to have to kick you off the development team.
... film at 11.
The difference is that, in the Open Source Community, all the juicy dirt gets posted on the front page of Slashdot. Basically, it's a real-life soap opera, but without all the hot women.
Wait...maybe that's not cool after all....
Yeah. He really wanted a pair of Bruno Maglis. Oh, the tragedy of being a gay communist leader. All the really good accessories are made by capitalist pigs.
Hi. I'm Malda. Rob Malda.
You have to look at this with a sense of irony.
"It's always sad to have to make these decisions. It's even more difficult to defend them when our hands are tied behind our backs. "
Imagine that! They're into BSD and all tied up! Get it? Get it?
(Isn't FreeBSD an oxymoron?)
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
I'm sticking with AmigaOS
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
Well, in this case it would be a pink slip for 5 years of mouthing off to everyone in sight and back-stabbing your co-workers any time they don't agree with you.
In the private sector such behavior usually leads to a promotion into management.
Happy Fun Ball is for external use only.
You could've banged Winona Ryder too if you had used FreeBSD instead of Linux.