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Gaim Maintainer Rob Flynn Interviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mover-shaker-and-stirrer dept.

gaimster writes "LinuxQuestions.org just interviewed gaim maintainer Rob Flynn. gaim version 1.0.0 was recently released and it has been the most active project on SourceForge for a while. In the interview, Rob explains what it's like to maintain such a popular project, how he got involved with gaim and what he thinks of some of the IM protocols that gaim supports. He also explains the Ebay auctions that gaim had a while back."

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  1. You know it's popular when... by Justin205 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You get beer donated. ;-)

    Seriously, money is overrated. Send food, send beer, and then you'll really motivate many developers. :-P

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    "Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."
  2. The reason by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the interview
    I had met a girl at the beach that used AIM, and I had no way to talk to her, so, I joined the project to help development.

    Now I know why I don't have any good projects to my name.
    Time to spend more time on the beach I suppose.

    1. Re:The reason by tdvaughan · · Score: 5, Funny

      He could have just....talked to her, but noooo - he had to go and write a program to do it. God help him when he wants to have kids ;).

    2. Re:The reason by randominator · · Score: 5, Funny

      Girlfriend? Fast sports car(s)? Only 24? Social life on the beach? Maintainer on Gaim? What the bloody hell is going on?!? Sure makes me feel like a real achiever, yeah... If you want me, I'll be over there in the corner, hiding under a blanket and sobbing.

    3. Re:The reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      > He could have just....talked to her, but noooo - he had to go and write a program to do it. God help him when he wants to have kids

      Um... GSEX? :ducks:

    4. Re:The reason by TheBurningDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      obviously a mistranslation by the interviewer...

      I'm sure he meant #thebeach

    5. Re:The reason by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny
      Just another tunneling setup problem, right?

      Right?

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    6. Re:The reason by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 2, Funny

      He could have just....talked to her, but noooo - he had to go and write a program to do it.

      Typical lazy programmer. For instance, somebody sent me some ROT-13 encoded text the other day, and I was too lazy to decode it manually or find a program, so I wrote my own decoder in Javascript.. :)

    7. Re:The reason by Deusy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Girlfriend? Fast sports car(s)? Only 24? Social life on the beach? Maintainer on Gaim? What the bloody hell is going on?!? Sure makes me feel like a real achiever, yeah... If you want me, I'll be over there in the corner, hiding under a blanket and sobbing."

      Yeah, I felt real sorry for the guy too. It's a real heart wrencher. Reminds me of buddy the puppy... *sobs* the... the... the heart of a champion!

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  3. Why Sean is such an Asshat to Gentoo Devs/Users? by fire-eyes · · Score: 1, Funny

    Darn, I wish I had known this was going to happen, I'd have asked him why they're such asshats (especially Sean) to Gentoo devs and users.

    This mainly stems from this bug.

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    -- Note: If you don't agree with me, don't bother replying. I won't read it.
  4. "24-year" and "we are poor kids" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    man, I don't know many kiddies who own a couple of mitsubishi 3000GT and they even have some money to throw away on powerhorses for such bi-turbo machine.

    He abso-fucking-lutely must have been giving his ass for some bucks... You all, let's try his way!

  5. Re:Why Sean is such an Asshat to Gentoo Devs/Users by JFitzsimmons · · Score: 2, Funny

    Amen. We all get such bad reputations from all the stupid gentoo ricers. Someone actually tried to convince me that -O9 was real, and -ffast-math was a good idea since he could notice the speed difference. :( **sigh**

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    Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. -Anonymous