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Interview: Ask Theo de Raadt What You Will

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-ahead-and-ask dept.

Theo de Raadt was a founding member of NetBSD, and is the founder and leader of the OpenSSH and OpenBSD projects. He is currently working on OpenBSD 5.5 which would be the projects 35th release on CDROM. Even though he'd rather be hiking in the mountains or climbing rocks in his free time, Theo has agreed to answer any question you may have. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.

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  1. Re:Why are you such an asshole? by iggymanz · · Score: 1, Funny

    more successful?

    millions of devices (including those from Cisco, Juniper, NetApp, EMC, Apple, etc.etc.) and many OS use code from Theo's projects. Maybe you are just an asshole, but Theo is a hugely successful one?

  2. Yes try too hard!! by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Funny

    I applaud efforts to make slashdot more technically relevant and useful and interesting, keep trying too hard!

  3. Re:Why are you such an asshole? by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

    former Linux server advocate here, switched to OpenBSD as my favorite server OS 13 years ago after seeing how Theo was such an asshole about security, correctness, robustness, and preserving the BSD way and philosophy of systems admin

  4. Re:Anoplasties can be done without swearing by bberens · · Score: 3, Funny

    “It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."

    ~Stephen Fry

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