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Martin Michlmayr Wins DPL

Posted by timothy on from the clean-sweep dept.

Strike writes "The votes for the new Debian Project Leader are in and the tallying is over, results here. Martin Michlmayr comes out on top, winning 4-0 going head to head against the other three candidates (with the fourth win being over "no candidate"). Last year's DPL Bdale Garbee came in 2nd, with Branden Robinson and Moshe Zadka coming in 3rd and 4th. Michlmayr's platform can be seen here."

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  1. Re:I by pVoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    I Vote G.W BUSH.

    Hah hah.... I can just see the presidential debates for that:

    Martin Michlmayr: I propose a 3 tiered attack onto terrorism. Using the latest advancements in XP (Extreme Power) we will have this baby delivered on time on budget... unlike Bush over here who's going to be many many months past his deadlines, and billions off his initial cost estimates...

  2. Congratulations to the winner ... by DogIsMyCoprocessor · · Score: 5, Funny
    of an incomprehensible voting system. Now all that remains for Martin Michlmayr is to -
    1. Destroy the Debian budget by not cashing donation checks from the wealthiest donors
    2. Hire a press agent who can say "GNU/Linux" with a straight face
    3. Imprison without accusation developers on those suspicious BSD-licensed projects
    4. Declare war on Red Hat (damn commies!)
    --

    "And this is my boy, Sherman. Speak, Sherman." "Hello." "Good boy."

  3. Come on were geeks by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Funny

    enum DPL {Martin_Michlmayr =1, Branden_Robinson,Moshe_Zadka }

    DPL result;

    result =rand(time(0)) % 4;

    This is how it should work.

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    http://saveie6.com/
    1. Re:Come on were geeks by Istealmymusic · · Score: 4, Funny
      What happens when the result of rand(time(0)) % 4 is 0?
      Recount.
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      "The lesson to be learned is not to take the comments on slashdot too literally." --Vinnie Falco, BearShare
    2. Re:Come on were geeks by tdvaughan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Were geeks? This would be the new breed of human that changes into a geek during a full moon, then.

  4. Recount!! by solman · · Score: 4, Funny

    He won by four votes and there were 23 spoiled ballots. Shouldn't somebody be looking for chads or something in the digital signatures?

    1. Re:Recount!! by AgentUSA · · Score: 2, Funny

      "NO, CHILDREN! I'VE RECOUNTED A HUNDRED AND SIX TIMES NOW AND I KEEP COMING UP WITH SEVEN TO SIX, except in the one incidence where it came out seven to five, and one where it came out twelve to fourteen! IT'S OVER! IKE IS CLASS PRESIDENT!"

  5. IN SOVIET DEBIAN by The+Bungi · · Score: 3, Funny
    Martin Michlmayr wins the election by a 99.9% margin, his opponents misteriously disappear and martial law is declared.

    *ducks*

  6. Stuffing the ballot box... by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's see if I have this straight:
    1) Leaders for open source projects are elected.
    2) The election is held electronically.
    3) The server recieving and tallying those votes is running open source software.
    4) Thus, the firewalls, auditing utilies, and other security measures on that server are possibly written by the very same people who are doing the voting or perhaps even the candidates themselves.

    With that in mind, can we really be sure Michlmayr received all those votes or is he just really good at coding back doors?
    </tongue firmly planted in cheek>

    (In all seriousness, though, congrats to Martin and all the other candidates. You've got a lot more courage than I, taking on a task that big. Best of luck!)

    --

    "Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."