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The File-System Fallout of the Reiser Verdict

Posted by timothy on from the work-from-home dept.

perlow writes "Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would like to talk a little bit about how this verdict will impact the technology in play for file system dominance in our favorite Open Source operating system, Linux."

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  1. Re:Dear Windows Users... by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran
    > Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the
    > suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina.

    In the Nerdly Devastation Rating System, this is somewhat worse than O.J. killing his wife, and the uncomfort level this gives you watching a Naked Gun Movie, but no way near as bad as William Shatner finding, or maybe "finding" his wife dead in the pool, when watching TOS.

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  2. Re:Dear Windows Users... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic


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