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Andrew Tridgell Joins OSDL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-for-everyone dept.

rumba writes "OSDL announced today that Andrew Tridgell, Samba developer, joins OSDL as the lab's second appointed Fellow. Tridgell will continue to lead global development work for the Samba project."

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  1. Slashdotted by northcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Site slashdotted. Here is the complete article:

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  2. Re:For the mere mortal geeks by armyofone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah. I still think they should consider changing it to OSJLA - The Open Source Justice League of America.

    But I'm not convinced that Linus, Andrew and the rest of the OSDL folks running around in tights and capes would be a good thing...

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    "A revolution without dancing is... a revolution not worth having"
  3. Re:Does this mean.. by S4t0r1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    no, it means simply that Andrew Tridgell can now work on samba full time without having the annoyance to find something to eat :)

  4. Re:Does this mean.. by 0racle · · Score: 2, Funny

    They hooked him up to an IV to feed him?

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  5. While I'm glad to see he's back on his feet... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I'm still hoping he'll get back together with George Michael at some point for a reunion tour.

    Wait. Andrew *who*?

    Oh, never mind...

    1. Re:While I'm glad to see he's back on his feet... by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wow. The joke was lame.

      But the fact that you actually know who "the other guy from Wham!" is, well thats indescribably lame.

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  6. What is OSDL by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know what it's purpose is, who founded it, etc.

    I'm wondering if it's an actual physical place. A place where Linus and Andrew are actually at. Or do they work at home from their underwear, and OSDL just sends them checks?

    I just like imagining a giant room full of cubicles, with only two occupied, with little nametags saying "Linus" and "Andrew".

    And Lumbergh coming buy every 45 minutes to say "Hmmmmmm.... You know what? I'm going to need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday. Ok. Great. And we're putting cover sheets on all the kernel patches, ok? Great."

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  7. Alexandre Julliard said to join OSDL as fellow by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alexandre Julliard, of Wine fame, is rumored to be scheduled to join OSDL as a fellow in February. At that time OSDL, along with it's three fellows, Linus Torvalds, Andrew Tridgell, and Alexandre Julliard will announce a radically new direction for Linux, Samba, and Wine... to create Longhorn before Microsoft does.

  8. Re:Does this mean.. by Frohboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, no wonder he has trouble finding food.. They took the list of pizza places in Canberra off of the Samba documention page. Furthemore, the Samba FAQ no longer seems to list ways of sending pizza to the Samba developers.

    See here for an old copy.

  9. Re:There's gonna be trouble this year... by Atzanteol · · Score: 2, Funny

    You care to point out where I used the word "selfish"?

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    - Charles Darwin