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2006 OpenBSD Hackathon Well Underway

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

An anonymous reader writes "KernelTrap is running a two part who's who at the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon. Starting on the 27th and running for a full week, developers get together and concentrate on communication rather than just development. Project leader Theo de Raadt was quoted as saying 'I don't think anybody else does this, developers suspend their lives for a week to focus entirely on just development.'"

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  1. Re:Yeah. by Roody+Blashes · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess that says something about some of the developers around here....

    I gotta say, the AC has a point. I spend 50-60 hours a week writing code because, uh, that's what I'm paid to do.

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  2. Pfft! A week?!? by OmegaBlac · · Score: 5, Funny
    Project leader Theo de Raadt was quoted as saying 'I don't think anybody else does this, developers suspend their lives for a week to focus entirely on just development.
    Tell that too the EA developers!
  3. Re:Yeah. by OECD · · Score: 3, Funny

    'I don't think anybody else does this, developers suspend their lives for a week to focus entirely on just development.'"

    WTF? What the hell are they doing, then? JFC, it must be fscking nice... No Karma points for them. Bad developers! Bad! *smacks nose with newspaper*

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  4. WTF? Contradiction in the Summary! by pgpckt · · Score: 4, Funny

    KernelTrap is running a two part who's who at the 2006 OpenBSD Hackathon. Starting on the 27th and running for a full week, developers get together and concentrate on communication rather than just development. Project leader Theo de Raadt was quoted as saying 'I don't think anybody else does this, developers suspend their lives for a week to focus entirely on just development.'"

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  5. Re:Yeah. by gbobeck · · Score: 4, Funny
    > I don't think anybody else does this, developers suspend their lives for a week to focus entirely on just development.

    Yes, that would be called doing your job.


    Yeah... and some people also call that **College**
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