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Bruce Perens Aims For OSI Executive

Posted by kdawson on from the board-games dept.

mutube writes "Open Source advocate Bruce Perens began petitioning for support in election to the OSI Executive Board. Because it's a self-electing board, demonstrable community support is needed to attain a seat. Perens is standing on a platform of reducing over-representation of vendors in OSI leadership in favor of developers. In his petition notice, Perens suggests that recent Open Source involvement by Microsoft could lead to their being offered a place on the board. With his background fighting SCO and the Novell-Microsoft patent agreements, Perens would be a good counter-balance."

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  1. Re:Want to discuss this with me directly? by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Funny
    SWEEEET, I now have parens' phone number! I'm going to show it off to all my friends!!! zomg! ;)

    I'm already married :-)

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  2. Re:Want to discuss this with me directly? by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoa, that's the exact same number this hot chick gave me at the bar last night. Dammit, I KNEW it was fake. Either that or I had the worst case of beer goggles in history.

  3. Re:Fighting Microsoft at OSI. by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to the internets, Dextrocardia is believed to occur in approximately 1 in 100 people.

    Your 99% figure for MSFT therefore has a ring of truth, if not truthiness.

    --
    "Be light, stinging, insolent and melancholy"
  4. Re:Fighting Microsoft at OSI. by mdemonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Parent is not Bruce Perens. its .Bruce Perens.

    note the period at the beginning of the name...

    Maybe he's hidden