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. "

Comments

It looks like..

[Joseph Vigneau]

Looks like Eric finally accepted the job offer from Microsoft.

Just kidding Eric, don't shoot me! :^)

Re:It looks like..

[dcrocha]

I don't think so. He stepped aside to get some more time to work in his projects like: fetchmail, and... hm... and...yeah.

I look forward to the essay

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Holy shite!

[hoggoth]

> I think I shall call my mother and share with her the wonderous news!

Don't shout. Just walk upstairs from the basement and tell her.

Re:[tt] You could see this one coming

[lucabrasi999]

. See, for instance, what Stalin did with the veterans of the Russian Revolution, or how Fidel Castro got rid of Che. Every revolution has ended up eating its children; i can't see why the Open Source Revolution should be different.

You know, a psychologist would probably be able to interpret many interesting things from your post.

ready to try to spend his sudden wealth?

[chuckfee]

Or better yet, to write his reflections on going through life with a complete lack of social skills?

Re:looks?

[Russ Nelson]

Yeah, I do.
-russ

Re:More info on Russ Nelson

[Russ Nelson]

[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