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Red Hat Exec Marries A Couple At Red Hat Summit (cio.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the accepting-a-commit dept.

On the second day of the Red Hat Summit this week, attendees found themselves invited to a wedding during one of the general sessions. The groom was Matt Hargrave, a Red Hat client from Texas, and, it probably goes without saying, a huge fan of the company. The bride was Shannon Montague, a sign language interpreter, and "maybe the most understanding bride ever," jokes Slashdot reader itwbennett: "Pushing a commit to github isn't the same as committing to a life partner. There is no forking this project," Red Hat EVP Paul Cormier told a Texas couple, as he united them in holy matrimony... Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst was ring bearer. You can watch the ceremony on YouTube.
"After today your relationship will have newly architected infrastructure. And, of course, collaboration is...critical." I'm wondering if Slashdot readers can suggest more geeky marriage vows -- or have any other geeky wedding stories to share.

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  1. Not too clear of the concept, I think by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

    Pushing a commit to github isn't the same as committing to a life partner. There is no forking this project," Red Hat EVP Paul Cormier told a Texas couple

    Aside from the obvious joke, that there definitely will be lots of "forking" going on in the bedroom, it's easy to fork a github project.

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    1. Re:Not too clear of the concept, I think by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Of course you can fork up a marriage. People do it all the time. That doesn't mean that the original people involved cease to exist when the marriage bombs - they each create their own forks of life.

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    2. Re:Not too clear of the concept, I think by John+Allsup · · Score: 1

      And using a private modprobe to inject his personal code into her kernel.

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    3. Re:Not too clear of the concept, I think by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Nobody (except probably the parents) is thinking that a marriage may be a disaster. Same as nobody thought the Titanic could sink.

      Reality - it bites. Hard.

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    4. Re:Not too clear of the concept, I think by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Wrong - it's the perfect analogy - the original marriage doesn't always cease to exist when someone cheats. Plenty of forks DO see the eventual demise of the parent project. Where's SLS linux? Slackware killed it, and now it's moribund in turn.

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    5. Re:Not too clear of the concept, I think by armanox · · Score: 1

      I think Slackware is doing just as well as it would like to.

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  2. See under definition "geek" by justcauseisjustthat · · Score: 1

    This is truly a geek moment, and double landing on slashdot

  3. I've seen this kind of thing before... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 1

    I wish them the best, but I fear for their future.

    Perhaps my sample size is too small, but my impression is that marriages that start with such frivolous wedding ceremonies tend to not last that long.

    1. Re:I've seen this kind of thing before... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1

      But it does prove once and for all that Open Source Software is a religion.

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    2. Re:I've seen this kind of thing before... by AthanasiusKircher · · Score: 1

      Perhaps my sample size is too small, but my impression is that marriages that start with such frivolous wedding ceremonies tend to not last that long.

      Conversely, I've seen a few "fairy tale" weddings where everything was the most "perfect" wedding you could imagine, but the marriages self-destructed within a few years.

      The only thing that matters is whether the two people are "on the same page." If they both sincerely want some sort of wacky wedding, they've probably well-matched and it has at least a reasonable chance of lasting. If one wants something else but is cajoled/bullied/guilted into something else, that's not a good sign for a start.

  4. My recessional was the Star Trek TNG theme. by mark-t · · Score: 1

    Made those in attendance chuckle, and so perfectly fit my wife's and my personalities.

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    1. Re: My recessional was the Star Trek TNG theme. by bsDaemon · · Score: 1

      Mine was the Indiana Jones theme song

    2. Re:My recessional was the Star Trek TNG theme. by WallyL · · Score: 1

      Ditto. 'Cept, everyone was still applauding so we missed the opening notes and missed our cue to leave. We started a few seconds later...

  5. soon to be anounced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    MarriageD, part of systemd. Watches over your Internet activity and reports any dating activities to your spouse.

    1. Re:soon to be anounced by LordHighExecutioner · · Score: 2

      It seems that according to man(8), MarriageD after nine months spawns a child process, sometimes two.

  6. There's always CmdrTaco by ShaunC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd have to say this was probably the geekiest proposal I've ever seen...

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    1. Re:There's always CmdrTaco by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1

      My marriage proposal to my wife was, "You're what?"

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  7. Re: Most weddings are for the families by WarJolt · · Score: 1

    What about the nerds? Unfortunately this couple has undone several decades worth of effort towards making nerds cool. Shame on them.

  8. Boring news by Sigvatr · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, I thought this site was about news that matters.

    1. Re:Boring news by lkangaroo · · Score: 1

      Agreed, though in a better world, this shouldn't even be remotely newsworthy.

  9. Already done... by HockeyPuck · · Score: 1

    Last November back in Korea, Starcraft competitor Nada married his long time gf in the middle of a tournament.

    http://esports.inquirer.net/12242/blizzard-sponsored-a-pro-players-wedding-in-true-starcraft-fashion

  10. Geeky Vows by stinerman · · Score: 1

    Mine were divided into lines, with each line having a number of words equal to the line's number in the fibonacci sequence. I think the last line was 89 words.

  11. Re:Why is this on the front page? by AthanasiusKircher · · Score: 1

    Because some people other than you find it interesting. Dislike stories as much as you want but don't call it pathetic and dumb, just ignore the story and read something else.

    In general, I agree with you about just finding something else. On the other hand, this is what moderation is for. If someone wants to complain about editorial choices, let them. There are frequent posts complaining when there are spelling or grammar errors, missing links, etc. Why shouldn't someone feel free to express an opinion on the appropriateness of a story? Maybe (I know it's a crazy thought) -- if enough people mod such comments up, the editors might actually pay attention and not post similar stories.

    But hey, you have a right to express your disapproval of the comment too, just like GP can express disapproval of editorial choices. We'll leave it to the mods to sort out which seems to better represent the consensus here.

  12. Married in a library by Theovon · · Score: 1

    My wife and I got married at the Wagnalls Memorial Library in Lithopolis, OH. Not the geekiest option but we liked it a heck of a lot better than a church or some random park.

  13. Re:Why is this on the front page? by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    just ignore the story and read something else

    Sounds great in theory, but it suffers from the same flaw as "Your [US] internet provider sucks, switch to another one", "Your [Any country] bank sucks, switch to another one", et cetERA, et cetERA, et cetERA.

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  14. Re:Most weddings are for the families by davester666 · · Score: 1

    See you in a year so you can pay for a license renewal...er...renew your wedding vows...

    Definitely should have read the wedding license agreement before signing it...

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  15. obligatory system d joke by invictusvoyd · · Score: 1

    All three of them have already been fucked by systemd . Whats the point of getting married?

  16. Lol, yeah suuuure... by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

    "You can watch the ceremony on YouTube."

    Oh yeah, I'll get right on that. On second thought, hell no.

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  17. No forking? by kNIGits · · Score: 1

    There is no forking this project," Red Hat EVP Paul Cormier told a Texas couple

    On the contrary. I expect that there will be lots of forking on their wedding night, and likely quite a bit during the honeymoon as well.

  18. Re: Most weddings are for the families by RockDoctor · · Score: 1

    undone several decades worth of effort towards making nerds cool.

    What is worthwhile about any effort to be "cool"?

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  19. Re: Most weddings are for the families by Coren22 · · Score: 1

    What is worthwhile about any effort that can be undone by two people doing something for themselves?

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  20. Re:Why is this on the front page? by Coren22 · · Score: 1

    The opinion on a story is best expressed in the firehose:

    https://slashdot.org/recent

    anywhere else, it is just whining. Just like the people posting about "why isn't Slashdot posting this story", they only have themselves to blame.

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