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ESR steps down from OSI
Hope Thelps writes "According to an article on news.com.com, Eric Raymond is stepping down from his role as president of the OSI. His replacement will be our very own Russ Nelson. "
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Looks like Eric finally accepted the job offer from Microsoft.
:^)
Just kidding Eric, don't shoot me!
I look forward to his long-winded rambling pseudo-philosophical treatise on what it feels like to step down, and how that relates to the ethos of the Open Source movement.
I *actually* got a first post.
I can not believe this is so!
Oh happy day! I think I shall call my mother and share with her the wonderous news!
Fanatics like ESR might do good to the cause in the early stages of revolution, but in the longer run, they will always prove to be an annoyance and will be dealt with. See, for instance, what Stalin did with the veterans of the Russian Revolution
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So in this analogy, ESR is represented by the veterans, and Russ Nelson is Stalin?
Yep, it's time to execute ESR. Might as well do RMS while were at it.
Obligatory Good Morning Vietnam:
"Excuse me sir, seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT, because if it leaks to the VC, you could end up an MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP."
There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those that can keep their train of thought,
You can get secret naked pictures of him touching printouts of open source code for all of your F/OSS fetish needs!
Naw, I have to call. Her hearing aid is acting up.
But no!!! You're wrong! You're so wrong! FOSS is different. It's not meant to fall victim to the ravings of mad dictators like Fidel or the commies. ESR is simply stepping down in order to let someone else have a turn. After all, what fairness would there be in not letting everyone in the community have a shot at being the top dog for a while? ESR probably has a lot of more important things to get on with right now. I hear he has a fantastic glass eye collection he's been working on for the past decade or so. That kind of thing consumes a lot of time and would prevent one from being able to participate in FOSS evangelizationism as ESR has done. Just imagine how great his collection of glass eyes is going to be after only a year or two of being away from the FOSS evangelizationism. It would put to shame the glass eye collection that Terry Gilliam used in the cut scenes from Brazil. I, for one, welcome our hiatus taking squanderlords! (In case you people are curious, I am completely substance free)
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
Does this nelson guy look as retarded as ESR does?
You know, a psychologist would probably be able to interpret many interesting things from your post.
The reasons for this are several fold. Part of it is to discourage new incompatable licenses (you can't use APSL code in Apache that can't be used in Perl that can't be used in Linux that can't be used in AROS, to give some examples.)
Part of it is to make sure that a uniform set of licenses is produced. It's no good having open source, if one group thinks you should email all changes to them, or another thinks they should be able to use your stuff in a proprietary program without permission. The OSI can level the playing field somewhat.
As you might imagine, ESR was behind the bill, lobbying for it extensively behind the scenes. "Sometimes, it takes a government to push forward progress" he said in a recent paper, "The Cauliflower and the Mattress". "We expect governments to do a job, and that's to provide for the common welfare. Open Source is a critical part of our welfare. It is at the heart not merely of the software that runs this country, but of our future. Some might say we would be better off in a world without schools, and healthcare, with only guns to defend ourselves. I say no, that's wrong. Totally backward that is. We don't need guns when we have open source. We don't need to defend ourselves when we have control over the code we run."
Google for "The Cauliflower and the Mattress" and you should find a copy. Inspiring words.
Or better yet, to write his reflections on going through life with a complete lack of social skills?
In other news tweedle dumb replaced by tweedle dumber, and tweedle dumb replaces tweedle dee.
A slashdot user becomes the head OSI. I think I'll burn down my computer now.
Know your history, bitch. OSI has been here for a long time, it was one the first ones, it's not "another" organisation. It's not new. It just changed the president.
Hippies don't typically promote the right to carry firearms.
this still makes me laugh. And I mean laughing at him, not with him.
I sleep much better knowing that RMS heads up the Free Software Foundation.
Oh, God, me too.
That way he's not out there doing any actual harm.
Who is this "Eric Raymond"? I thought Oscar Goldman was in charge at the OSI. Did he retire? The least they could have done is give Dr. Rudy Wells or Steve Austin the job as a sinecure.
WTF! They're all dead now!
Looking at a photo of ESR while reading "Sex Tips for Geeks" is a great way to make your genitive organs refuse to operate -- permanently.
I thought Che left to "spend more time with his family" - and also to expand his very sucessful t-shirt business.
It doesn't require fomenting armed revolution
Which, by the way, is something that ESR does. That's what libertarian gun ownership is all about - if you don't like the government, you shoot at it.
[nelson@desk nelson]$ ping google.com
PING google.com (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=237 time=90.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=237 time=103 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=75.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=237 time=129 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 75.598/99.877/129.919/19.979 ms, pipe 2
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Very well sir, your wit seems to be in order. You have my blessing to lead the OSI. ;-)
Thank you. YOu are a scholar and a gentleman. What are you doing posting to slashdot?!?
-russ
p.s. yes, I realize that I, myself, am posting to slashdot. It's called irony, or stupidity, or something, I dunno......
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Why does everyone keep forgetting about the most important project? I've heard that Eric went to Thailand to finally get some empirical data for his HOWTO.
Sincerely,
Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
"Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."