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Reiser found guilty of first degree murder: Software developer Hans Reiser was found guilty today of first degree murder in the death of his wife in late 2006, a conviction that carries up to 25 years in prison and a possible death sentence for the Reiser4 file system. [Techmeme] The verdict, delivered...; Tags: File System, Ts'o, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Ts'o what's new at the Linux Foundation?: Ts'o what's new at the Linux Foundation?Great to see Ted working on LSB. This is an extremely critical project thatMUST be stabilized so that applications and drivers work on ALL distributions. Drivers and applications MUST be at least backward compatible for 5 years. LSB should not change more than every...; Tags: UNIX, Ts'o, LSB, Linux Foundation, Linux; Discussion threads 2007-12-06

Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout: Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...; Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-29
LSB SDK, aka 4.0, could be panacea for Linux app developers .. and Ubuntu: Increasing use of Ubuntu and other Linux distributions globally puts additional pressure -- and costs -- on independent software developers. The Linux Foundation hopes that its fourth stab at a solution, the Linux Standards Base 4.0, will make it much easier and less expensive for ISVs...; Tags: Developer, Ubuntu, Java, ISV, SDK, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Ksplice automates hot patching Linux kernel with no reboot needed: Ksplice is an interesting open source project out of MIT that automates the process of applying security patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting, and it's getting notice by the Linux Foundation. Top kernel developer and Linux Foundation fellow Ted Ts'o said the Ksplice software is...; Tags: Linux Kernel, Ksplice, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-23

Ts'o what's new at the Linux Foundation?: Ted Ts'o, a Linux kernel file maintainer who works for IBM outside Boston, will spend the next two years with the Linux Foundation as chief platform strategist. Linux Foundation CEO Jim Zemlin is what the Brits call "over the moon" about getting him. "It's rare...; Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-12-06