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Interview with Theo Deraadt

Contributed by Dengue on from the Talk-of-the-town dept.

Daniel De Kok writes "A few days ago I did a short interview with Theo Deraadt. The interview is mostly about changes in the BSD community, i.e. BSDi/Walnut Creek Merger, cooperation between teams, etc. Please have a look at: http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91 "

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  1. By Larry Haas () on

    According to certain people Theo is a pain in the butt with similar comments like this:

    "Perhaps deep down he still loves telnet". (What is that supposed to mean?)

    But you have to hand it to the guy, he really sums it all up with:

    "I am not a businessman; our group just tries to build a better system for ourselves, and we hope you all benefit."

    He might score some negative points sometimes, but that last comment is what it is all about.

  2. By Mark Cordingley () on

    Interesting...

    Many companies are using OpenBSD for embedded systems. For many, embedded systems and appliances need to be secure, as well as reliable.

    If there is one thing (other than Security) that OpenBSD should be known for, it is code quality, reliability and correctness.
    I can tell you one thing. If I had to be hooked up to a medical device to keep me alive, would I want M$ code running it? NO WAY!
    Something to think about.
    Say this device is hooked up to a network so someone could monitor a number of patients at once? I would be very nervous about any code running on the device that was created without a heavy dose of the "OpenBSD code correct" attitude. :-)

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  3. By Anonymous () on

    Every time I read something which Theo has written or said, he sounds either very bitter or very arrogant. Why is that?

    How can he not have an opinion on WC/BSDi? And how does an opinion differ from a real opinion?

    "alien cultures"? gawd! the man is strange.

  4. By Anonymous () on

    Every time I read something which Theo has written or said, he sounds either very bitter or very arrogant. Why is that?

    How can he not have an opinion on WC/BSDi? And how does an opinion differ from a real opinion?

    "alien cultures"? gawd! the man is strange.

  5. By Scot Bontrager () sacher@sailormoon.org on http://www.sailormoon.org/

    Universal truth: Developers are stressed out pricks.

    Anyone who spends years building anything tends to either see only the faults or only the magisty of the system. This lends to either jaded developers or arrogant developers respectivly. Users only compound the problem. Constant complaining and feature requests usually result in the developer investing in fire-arms or parts to assemble a high-powered EM cannon just to make traffic more thrilling .

    Of course, without users, developers would have a massivly diminished "test bed" and a lowered sense of self value. They'd resign their life of carpel-tunnel syndrom for non-interesting tasks such as traffic cone or management.

    I've seen Theo be a prick, I've had Theo appologize for not getting back to me. I still have a SparcStation 690MP I'm willing to send somewhere as soon as he tells me where.

    I run a website for 15,000 whiny 14 year-olds. I'm a stressed out developer. My pathetic 12,000 lines of code is nothing upside the OpenBSD tree. If, line for line, my stress was proportional to Theo's stress, Theo must be working on a new coil for that EM gun to target vehicles over a mile away. I'll be sure not to drive anywhere north of the border around 2.7 release time. I'll order the CD's safely over the net and let Theo and the rest of the team know that if they are ever in Dallas they have a drinking buddy.

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