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2.4 Kernel Maintainer Marcelo Tosatti Interviewed
Jeremy Andrews writes "KernelTrap has an interview with Marcelo Tosatti. Marcelo became the maintainer of the 2.4 stable kernel when he was 18 years old, releasing his first kernel, 2.4.16, on November 26'th of 2001. Two years later, he recently released 2.4.23 and plans to soon put the 2.4 stable kernel tree into maintenance mode, only addressing bugs and security issues. Living in Brazil, Marcelo currently works for Cyclades Corporation. In this interview he looks at how he became the 2.4 maintainer, the challenges involved, and brings us up to date with the current status of the 2.4 kernel."
This is very cool... child labour laws don't really enter into it, I don't think... I don't know what the laws are in Brazil, but you can work in the U.S. at 14... and I think there should be exceptions for working for an ISP, anyway... it's not exactly a textile mill. If you're young and smart, why not?
As long as you have a union, anyway...
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I became the official maintainer of my brother's Playboy collection.
During my stewardship, I too put the collection in maintenance mode, had to deal with security problems, and I certainly issued several...er..releases.
20 years old, wife, kernel maintainer, kernel job, and the hair... damn him!
Are you kidding? Do you know how much time and effort it takes to maintain dreadlocks like that?
That's probably where he developed the persistence, dedication and attention to detail necessary to maintain the Linux kernel.
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18 or not, dreadlocks or not, i think he did a great job! i have a big respect for this guy.
:)
and the dreadlocks: well, look at alan cox. maybe kernel maintainers *should* look a bit different as compared to "ordinary" people
i mean, they're not exactly salesmen or lawyers or anything, right?
Oh great. Who is going to be the maintainer for the 2.6 series, a homeless guy they find on the streets of Moscow? This is ridiculous. Can't they find a nice clean-cut American boy to be the 2.6 maintainer? How about Darl McBride? It could be a compromise and I'm sure he'd be thrilled that the community he's so obsessed with suddenly paid some positive attention to him. He might forget this whole lawsuit mess. It could be just like the Grinch who stole Christmas having his heart grow three sizes in a day.
You've never done tech support for an ISP have you? Give me the machine press anyday over clueless users.
I'm in the final stages of the recruitment and hiring process for a silicon valley startup. I live in NY, and I'd be doing "Professional Services" for their NY clients.
After a series of phone interviews, they told me "Our founder and CTO is going to be in NYC. We'll set up a face to face meeting."
My hair is closely cropped - mostly because I'm quite bald on top, and if I let it grow at all I look like Krusty the Clown. I put on my best navy blue interview suit, iron a really nice shirt, have my wife pick a tie, etc. I hop the train to Manhattan and meet my (hopefully) future boss.
He's got dreadlocks and a goattee!
During the interview we were chatting about some of the people that I had spoken with on the phone. He mention someone as having very long hair. That gave me the opportunity to say "And here I am wearing my best interview suit!" that got a good laugh from him. "That is East Coast vs West Coast, I guess." was his reply.
I'm in the final stages of the recruitment and hiring process for a silicon valley startup.
:) Did it work, btw?
Perhaps it's time to update your sig.
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