Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond

Rotworm writes "Recently former founder of Gentoo Linux, Daniel Robbins, has managed to procure employment with Microsoft. Robbins describes his position as "helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects." Seemingly there's no scandals as Robbins managed to finalize the transfer of all Gentoo's IP to the Gentoo Foundation, Inc."

Comments

Re:Translation:

[AvantLegion]

If you're going to make reference to "god" or "God", don't censor it. Are you that insecure with the idea? You don't see people typing *llah or Sh*va or Z*d, do you? It doesn't mean you necessarily believe something - it just makes you look like an idiot.

How is this bad?

[Ho Kooshy Fly]

Let's see... you created a Linux distribution based on recompiling every piece of SW it would use. Therefore burning hundereds of hours and megawatts to squeeze performance out that is negligible at best, slower or non-functional at worst. Wow, I hope he brings that wonderful package philiosophy to Microsoft. Well, I hope he at least milks them for some good salary (sorry dude, stock options are out nowadays).

-Ho

Re:hmm...

[flacco]

Daniels Robbins is a very smart, friendly individual that has exerted a *HUGE* amount of time, effort, and finances on Gentoo.

As a seriously busy individual, he always took time out to talk to the little guy.

how appropriate that this reads like an obituary. he's dead to the community. fuck robbins.

Unfortunately, his work with Gentoo never paid the bills enough for him to rely upon it.

How can you possibly insult someone that has a family to support, and bills to pay? He has paid his dues!

this is not an insult. robbins should be called out for what he is. F/OSS isn't like the fucking peace corps where you go out for a year or two and then leave it behind. it's an on-going movement and philosophy.

imagine if robbins spent a couple years protesting against baby seal clubbing, and then decided he'd done his part and took a lucrative job clubbing baby seals. would everyone get misty-eyed and send him off with a fond farewell? it's fucking disgusting.

in my book, hooking up with microsoft destroys any credibility and good will one may have developed during their association with F/OSS. i refuse to believe that the only job he could get is with microsoft. if it were me, i'd get out of the tech business before i greased my hole for them.

I hope Daniel Robbins will take his customary brilliance to Microsoft and do great things. Of all corporations that need a breath of fresh air, Microsoft is foremost. Business Model reinvention la? Perhaps we can look forward to new Microsoft products being GPL'd :)

you have got to be kidding me. yeah, that's what he'll be doing at microsoft - helping them GPL their products. you're either a stone-cold idiot or a shill.

Good luck Daniel!

fuck you.