Rare Jon 'maddog' Hall Video Interview

lisa 'lisah' h writes "Looking natty in a yellow Tux vest, Linux dignitary John 'maddog' Hall agreed to a rare video interview with Robin 'Roblimo' Miller after speaking at a conference in Jacksonville, FL. The two chatted about the mobile phone project OpenMoko, his volunteer work with Linux International, and beer."

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The Midichlorian count is high in this one

[Jugalator]

Whatever you do, don't mess with this guy and his beard of respectable size.

If you ever feel overly nerdy when using Linux, just give the men behind the OS a thought and you'll feel much better!

Re:I'm such a wuss

[pixr99]

Can't for the life of me figure out why they call him maddog when he's so laid back and relaxed. :/

You're right, he's very laid back. A long time ago, I asked him why they call him maddog. He told me the story over beer and pizza. If I recall correctly, he was teaching at a community college at the time and became enraged by something the administration had pulled. He reacted accordingly and his students dubbed him "maddog." Perhaps somebody with a fresher memory can fill in the details (or correct me).

I'll tell you what though, I've never met a kinder, more generous, more patient man. He's the reason I got into Linux. He spent the time to help me get my PC running Linux (it wasn't easy back in '95), gave me a hard copy Linux manual and, by example, taught me what Free Software was all about. And at the time, he was in charge of the UNIX Software Group at Digital!