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OpenBSD Hackathon Approaching
BsdFreakZoid writes "OpenBSD developers from all over the world get together once a year at their annual 'hackathon'. This year's hackathon is about to start with around 60 developers, taking place in Calgary, Alberta in Canada from May 21st through May 28th. KernelTrap has spoken with a number of OpenBSD developers about this year's and past hackathons. OpenBSD creator Theo de Raadt is quoted saying, "a few hackathons ago we had a slogan of 'shut up and hack', this is because hackathons are not conferences. People don't come to chit-chat, but to do what projects do. Some other projects hold discussion meetings, I would call those talkathons. We don't discuss, we do." Past OpenBSD hackathons have seen the introduction of SMP support, support for the amd64 architecture, and many other significant advances. What big advance will come out of the 2005 hackathon is yet to be seen."
"we have a barbecue at Theo's at the beginning of the hackathon, to get to know the new people." [...] "we go out for food or coffee in small groups."
...and at the end of the day they vote someone off the island.
Wait...lemme get this straight.
Now, admittedly, I'm ignorant of who PHK is, or what exactly this person has done to annoy you.
But you're going to switch operating systems because of a single person? A troll, even?
I didn't realize that trolls had gotten that powerful. Perhaps there is some magical property to hot grits that I had not realized.
-- Truth goes out the door when rumor comes innuendo. -- Groucho Marx
Speaking for myself, I switched to DragonFlyBSD because of one person - Matt Dillon.
I must assume it works the other way around too.
Calgary? Isn't that the strip club capitol of Canada? How do they expect geeks to hack when there's readily available naked women geeks can see for the first time? ;)
In all seriousness, good luck! May your coding be swift, and may your debugger bless you.
Yes. The hackathon after this one will be held on-site at Adaptec.
Alas, Adaptec doesn't know this yet. ;)
The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker.
So, how much money did you lose before giving up?
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Maybe they can hack Theos mind to support a personality.
Thats it. I'm cancelling my flight.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one the bus load of girls just went down.
Hmm.
Theo: created OpenBSD, an OS with one remote hole in the default install in seven years.
You: post on Slashdot.
Yeah, I know who's an idiot here...