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Bruce Perens Voted off SPI Board

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-time-for-the-important-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ComputerWorld is reporting that open source evangelist Bruce Perens has been ousted from the board of Software in the Public Interest. Even though he founded the organization he said it was time to move on, stating that he probably shouldn't have run but just couldn't let it go. It seems that for the time being Perens in content to focus on the truly important things, like watching his son grow and making time for his family. I just hope that he isn't gone for too long."

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  1. You're Fired! by Doomedsnowball · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    From TFA:
    He also famously made headlines in 2002 when he was "terminated' from his Linux and open source strategist role at Hewlett-Packard.


    I wish I got this much press everytime I got fired. One question though... if this guy is most famous (hey, I'm paraphrasing TFA) for getting fired, then what's his next move? What's his next job? And why is this news? So he started the organization. BFD. In TFA he admits that he wasn't that involved or motivated and that it showed. I've been fired for less, and with much less press coverage.
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  2. As someone who was there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Bruce was removed, because he was an ass. He tried to force an agenda down everyone's throats that nobody agreed with. He also proved to be very arrogant and not very knowledgeable about the current state of the group itself. And yes, he missed a ton of meetings but no, that wasn't why people were angry. People were angry because he didn't even bother to let them know he was going to miss the meetings. He just blew everyone off under the arrogance that he was doing more important things.