DVD Jon to work for Michael Robertson

GuNgA-DiN writes "Jon Lech Johansen, the 21-year-old Norwegian media hacker nicknamed DVD Jon, is moving to San Diego to work for maverick tech entrepreneur Michael Robertson in what can only be described as the most portentous team-up since Butch met Sundance. "I have no idea what I'll be doing, but I know it will be reverse engineering, and I'm sure it will be interesting," Johansen told Wired News during a Friday stopover in San Francisco. Robertson's website reveals that they are working on a new project and all he said was: "Oboe is the code name for a significant new project we have underway that will launch before the end of the year. It's as momentous as anything I've ever done in my technical career, but I won't say more since I despise vaporware. I know this project will be even better with Jon on board.""

Comments

It's a trap!

[parasonic]

Moving to the US...

Officer: Welcome to America, sir
Jon: It's a trap!
[Brief pause] Officer: You are under arrest for crimes against the DMCA.

sorry guys..

[jkind]

But there is already something called an Oboe.
A doublereed, soprano range instrument with a conical bore (slightly expanding diameter from reed to bell). It has a nasal, but mellow and poignant, tone.
Honestly though I don't see how Lindows + DVD + reverse engineering = profit?!

Let's get ahead of the game

[Lifewish]

Why don't we just set up the "Free Jon Lech Johansen" fund now? Will save time later.

All we know about Oboe

[Xarius]

Is that it will blow.

Winter is coming...

[NotQuiteReal]

Easy multiple choice quiz:

[ ] Winter in Norway
[X] Winter in San Diego