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FreeBSD Core Developer Thrown Out

Posted by chrisd on from the maybe-good-maybe-bad dept.

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.

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  1. little devil! by Zeppelingb · · Score: 5, Funny

    The devil made them do it.

    1. Re:little devil! by sqlrob · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's daemon to you.

  2. Matt Dillon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, actor and leet BSD Developer! Who'd have thunk?

  3. Splitter! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey probably wanted to make a new variant, like ExpensiveBSD or UltraFreeBSD or CoolBSD

  4. Wow and actor and a coder by Dynamoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    I guess his acting career interefered with his coding too much.

    Or maybe he admitted to owning a copy of Windows XP?

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  5. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Miguel de incaza gets chucked out of gnome, helps kde instead.

  6. Maybe he didn't comment his code well enough by DenOfEarth · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  7. Re:Nice name... by Dave_B93 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hopefully they didn't throw him out because he is named after a very popular actor ;).

    well, an actor atleast...

  8. Re:Not trying to be controversial... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They caught him using Windows XP at home.

  9. Slashdot ... by Space_Nerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Gossip for Nerds, Stuff that chatters.

    I know, its not even funny.

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  10. Re:Similar to the Net/OpenBSD split by GT_Alias · · Score: 3, Funny
    A fifth open source BSD might seem excessive to some, but there are still many ways for such a project to differentiate itself.

    Hmmm....I'm not convinced, you'll have to try harder.

  11. Re:Politiburo by VarmintCong · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

  12. Re:Politiburo by msgmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  13. The Matrix Has You (deja vu)... by snowpuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Theo de Raadt Version 2.0

    "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? ... A deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix"

    Theo de Raadt Version 2.0

    Snowdog

  14. It was the cover sheet! by AgTiger · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:It was the cover sheet! by ehudokai · · Score: 3, Funny
      not to be a troll, but isn't it TPS report?

      I just hate for the best movie ever to be misquoted...

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  15. Yes, that's right. FUD on slashdot... by thrillbert · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... film at 11.

  16. Re:Politiburo by Stephen+VanDahm · · Score: 5, Funny

    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....

  17. Re:Politics by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's all about office politics.

    Perhaps he stole someones stapler?