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Rare Jon 'maddog' Hall Video Interview

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lots-of-finger-quoting dept.

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."

2 of 19 comments (clear)

  1. Free Software by Trogre · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahhh, one of my favourite quotes from this guy:

    Of course we had free software back in the '60s. But back then we called it "software".

    --
    "Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
  2. The Midichlorian count is high in this one by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Informative

    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!

    --
    Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!