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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. Re:You're Fired! by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Interesting
    if this guy is most famous (hey, I'm paraphrasing TFA) for getting fired, then what's his next move?

    Hm. Perhaps I should be deported or something :-) Maybe tried for treason. I'll think of something :-)

    It's somewhat frustrating that internal conflict of Open Source always makes more news than the outward-facing work that I'm doing. There have been much more important issues that I was unable to get Slashdot to cover.

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  2. Re:You're Fired! by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Interesting
    IT's NOT NEWS (and much other justified ranting)

    I guess it's a human-interest story.

    I have this self-imposed job of helping to ease the future course of Open Source by attempting to solve problems in its way like the software patent issue. A big part of that is being an "opinion leader", which is writing stuff that other people read and, hopefully, agree with. Getting attention for such stuff means courting the press like Computerworld (which did not create the cited article but is carrying a LinuxWorld Online story) and Slashdot. The press is capricious. They don't cover what I want them to cover. They must be pandered to and babied, cajoled, you get the picture. Being a notable person whom they will recognize and cover - regardless of the content - is something you have to do just to get the real issues covered. That doesn't mean we have to like it.

    Thanks

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  3. Re:No more comments from Bruce, please by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Interesting
    You're also welcome to call me at 510-375-0820 if you want more truth! I am in Norway at the moment, so watch the time zone. That's a GSM phone, Sourcelabs will pick up the bill.

    How the hell can rumours spread when the darned subject PUBLISHES HIS PHONE NUMBER ON THE INTERNET. This is no fun at all! :-)

    FYI:

    10 times as many people are willing to converse with me on slashdot as to send me an email.
    10 times as many people are willing to email me as call on the phone.
    So, the phone calls end up being managable. This is a social phenomenon worthy of study. Something about the relative intimacy of various forms of communication and willingness to engage in them.

    Thanks

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.