would this sort of thing still happen today?
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Tridge Speaks Out
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I have a lot of respect for people like tridge.
They do what they do not for money or fame... but because they kicks out it! I hope a lot of open source software stays this way.
I'm still a student and had the luck privelege of being taught an operating systems subject by tridge at the ANU (our assignments involved hacking the kernel!). It was also great hanging out out a linux user group meetings where tridge was talking about how he was reverse engineering bits of the tivo to get it to work with PAL tv (before they were thinking about networking it)- soldering leds to the board and stuff like that.
It is really inspiring, but he has a point when talking about students and their contribution to development, where does a fumbling student get to make a real difference these days?
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I have a lot of respect for people like tridge. They do what they do not for money or fame ... but because they kicks out it! I hope a lot of open source software stays this way.
I'm still a student and had the luck privelege of being taught an operating systems subject by tridge at the ANU (our assignments involved hacking the kernel!). It was also great hanging out out a linux user group meetings where tridge was talking about how he was reverse engineering bits of the tivo to get it to work with PAL tv (before they were thinking about networking it)- soldering leds to the board and stuff like that.
It is really inspiring, but he has a point when talking about students and their contribution to development, where does a fumbling student get to make a real difference these days?