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ESR Speaking @Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gotta-wonder-about-that dept.

webslacker writes "ESR's been invited to speak at Microsoft on June 21st. The question: Why? The answer: Nobody knows... " All it took was bribing him with dinner with Neil Stephenson. I think that would work for Hemos too...

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  1. He will be talking about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    MS thinks this is what ERS will be
    talking about.

    ABSTRACT:
    In the last nine years, the Linux
    community has emonstrated a remarkable
    ability to violate Brooks's Law
    (``Adding more programmers to a late
    project makes it later.'') and
    produce extremely high-quality
    software with large, loosely organized
    development groups. This talk will
    explain how it was done, focusing on
    the central phenomenon of distributed
    per review. The communications
    structures and sociology that support
    Linux will be analyzed in detail and
    related to general phenomena in the
    scaling of complex systems. Specific
    prescriptions for effective development
    will be elicited.

  2. Transcript by eponymous+cohort · · Score: 3

    Eric, Eric, turn to the Dark Side, it is your destiny...

    --

    Of all the comments I've ever posted, this is definately one of them