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Kernel Trap Interview with Theo de Raadt

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-man-speaks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "KernelTrap has an insightful interview with Theo de Raadt, creator of OpenBSD. The wide-ranging interview focuses first on the past few years of OpenBSD development, then moves on to the recently released OpenBSD 3.9. De Raadt talks about how binary blobs threaten free software, and how OpenBSD developers work to reverse engineer them. He also talks about the future of OpenBSD, his views on Linux, and why developing truly free software is so important to him."

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  1. Theo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Weird... was Theo having a bad day? He's always seemed like such a nice guy, but in this interview he really comes off like a total a-hole... very un-Theo-ish.

  2. Re:Blobs eh by A+Boy+and+His+Blob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indeed, I can confirm this.

  3. Re:We don't buy hardware that OpenBSD doesn't supp by idontgno · · Score: 3, Funny
    If a hardware company is so proprietary or secretive or locked-down that OpenBSD can't (or chooses not to) support it, I don't believe that company will last in the long run.

    OpenBSD confirms it. Adaptec is dying.

    --
    Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
  4. Re:So petulant and arrogant. by mobby_6kl · · Score: 4, Funny

    >A prostitute ... gives what they otherwise wouldn't ... for cash. Theo gives his software away for free, to anyone, to use as they wish.

    So, he's a slut?