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Bill Joy For New National CTO Post?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.

jddeluxe writes "In an article in today's NY Times, John Doerr of Kleiner-Perkins proffered up Bill Joy's name when queried by Barack Obama for a recommendation for the position of Chief Technology Officer of the Unites States which Obama has promised to create and that the country is overdue to have. I think that's a brilliant idea, and while you're at it, have the FCC report to him as well, why don't you?" If Bill is unavailable, I'll throw my hat in the ring, although I'm holding out for Secretary of Tubes.

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  1. vi by Maximum+Prophet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Under Bill, vi will be the national standard. Yeah!!!

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  2. Or... by Stile+65 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Secretary of the Internet.

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  3. We will fight! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Under Bill, vi will be the national standard. Yeah!!!

    There will be a revolt! We, the Emacs revolutionary council, will take up arms and fight to the death!

    1. Re:We will fight! by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

      isn't there a key board shortcut for that?

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    2. Re:We will fight! by rootofevil · · Score: 5, Funny

      i think its:

      ctrl-meta-shift-r alt-ctrl-p ctrl-' alt-meta-1 shift-2

      then recomplie without perl extensions.

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  4. Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hear Hear...

    A board of 7. must have a mix of OSS and Closed source experts, as well as hardware experts.

    Experts... not some guy that was CTO for some corperation, I want people that are either leaders in IT technology, or people that made a difference.. Being able to Code or design is a requirement for the position. too many time I have seen CTO's that were promoted from the Sales department.

    Oh wait ,that will never happen... because it would be fair and balanced.

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  5. Re:I'd rather see someone involved in Free Softwar by Lobster+Quadrille · · Score: 5, Funny

    He prefers to commune with the wild beastes. I'm pretty sure RMS is sasquatch.

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  6. Re:While we're at it by Rob+Riggs · · Score: 5, Funny

    My president (and Fox News) has taught me that it's more important that Americans "feel" secure than actually be secure. He just doesn't get that. You gotta listen to your gut on these things. He's too much of a thinker. Probably socialist, too.

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