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I think that would be kind of interesting. it would help users get to know peopl ein the community better and I think thats pretty important.

Also would be fun to interview some of the people over at QNX's Foundry27. Now that it's a community effort and a lot of cool OSS stuff is going into QNX it might be interesting.

Why?
Do you think that Microsoft's products need more exposure?

Of course not. I'm interested in his perspective, not his products.

I'm not interrested in Ballmer, but I am interrested in something Ballmer ones said: developers, developers, developers.

I would like to see more interviews with developers.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/the-engadget-show-with-steve-bal...

I'd also suggest Steve Jobs.
But I've a feeling that OSNews isn't large enough to land either of those interviews.

I also thought of Simon Peyton Jones and Miguel De Icaza.

Edited 2009-10-16 01:16 UTC

Bill Gates - I'd actually like a more "human" piece on Bill Gates; his retirement, his current activities, but also his view on the current OS market and the role of Microsoft in it (and indirectly, his ability to steer Microsoft within this area).

Steve Wozniak - how has he been doing?

A Qt developer - on C++ and the role of Qt in the changing OS demands.

An Internet Explorer developer - on HTML5, IE8 and the need to catch up.

A securemac.com representative - on Mac OS X security, the need for spyware and virus scanners.

I'd also like:

Former Be-engineers (preferably several simultaneously) - on their time at Be, Inc., their endeavours ever since, whether they have been able to find a working environment like the one at Be (it is said to be legendary, correct?), what their view is on BeOS and how they look back on it, what BeOS-inspired changes they have suggested for the projects they are working on (Spaces in OSX; PalmSource software shortly after the takeover; &c), what they think of Haiku now (do they like/dislike it, what are its chances/pitfalls) and what future they envision for BeOS/Haiku/legacy.

Interview the Overlord

.. you left out the project name, and the url ?

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/312631/Safer+software.htm

I second this list!

A very good selection of developers from some very cool projects!

(Edit) - I see that MonaOS has just had a major new release, so that's even more of a reason to interview Higepon...
http://www.osnews.com/comments/22343

Edited 2009-10-15 20:51 UTC

you should add Robert Szeleney of skyos to that list.

I second you on Robert!

Ack, how do I edit my post to add Robert to the list? :-)

Travis Geiselbrecht of NewOS

Definitely! I spoke with him a few times a few years ago. A very genuine guy. The NewOS website still says copyright 2005 and the last mailing list activity was June 1st, 2008, and even by that point it had been a handful of messages every year for a while.

Isn't NewOS the kernel for Haiku?

A nice FreeSWITCH interview.

http://digg.com/tech_news/Flipping_the_FreeSwitch_JSOnline
http://www.jsonline.com/business/64684137.html

Excellent idea!

I like this style! Good idea.

I like that. Good idea if you can get them both within the same week.

Yes very good idea. Also cool if you could let them join within the same interview, to get some reactions and counterreactions between them. Not in a fighting manner of course, bur rather to highlight the points of difference, or the learning points for either or both.

Like being an asshole, insulting people and getting pissed all the time?

Edited 2009-10-15 21:09 UTC

And almost always being right.

Actually , I am all for interviewing Theo de Raadt,
he is like the sbergman27, Glenn Beck and Rush limbaugh of the world, the more you get them to talk the more there true insanity and nonsense get to shine, you also get to identify there sheep follower who all follow in tow.

Security ? Why do no BSD are used in security or armed forces ?

Kernel ? Why is it that most device don't work with it or have people trying to support it.

Finance ? Why is it that he need to work for a company who's main goal is not his project, if he his always right ?

Man power ? Why is it that most people that use to work with him are almost on the verge of getting restraining order to not have to deal with him ...

Distribution ? Why is it that even do BSD is older by 2 decade, you felt the need to do worst then your predecesor in term of distribution ?

License: Why if BSD protection clause is so good is he using something else lately for is own project and code ?

Is own people : Why are all the moron who do nothing , contribute nothing, pay for nothing and are afraid to use there real name supporting BSD in writting but not in actions ?

Free Driver ? Why does he use BSD the known worst maker of Free Driver ( almost all of them are closed and proprietary ), why can't he put project togheter and pay for it or lea dthe roject himself.

Linus Thorvald was right in saying his kernel would not amount to much if he was the one to work on it alone so he got others to help and switched license to the GPL ...

Bill Gates was right in saying paying developer is going to accelerate development.

Steve Jobs was right in saying if you give people what they want now you will always be behind the curves.

Theo de Raadt ... Was right ... In your fantasy and sci-fi bubble world sure ...

That's why I can't find NEtBSD or OpenBSD computer in any store Locally, provincially, fedrally, OEM and on the internet they are a pain to locate as the store close faster then they open.

Sure let's interview him only question about BSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.

Edited 2009-10-15 23:57 UTC

It's also easy to identify you among other people as you are always posting in a very negative way.



Doesn't NSA use OpenBSD?



You mean a secure server OS needs support for fancy webcams?



Through history there were many who were right about some subject and failed to convince others that they were wrong. Still they had to eat and care of their families, so it's not a big deal if the man does what it does to provide. Time will tell who's right.



Because he's an ass? That doesn't prove him wrong.



There are many BSDs, all of which are distributed in different ways, as they devs see fit. How is Windows distributed?



BSD protection clause? What are you smoking?



For the same reason that there are morons in Linux, Windows, OS X, etc. There are morons everywhere. You are a living proof.



He also said that he wouldn't have started Linux if he knew about FreeBSD existence.



Accelerating development at the cost of bad code isn't a good idea. Usually the best teams are more compact.



I don't understand this...



The world is bigger than that of what companies provide and market to you. If you are too stupid to look around, well...



Oh, I understand you. I also have trouble finding quality printed good books, as publishers seem to print shit these days, like those Best Sellers only very uninformed people read.

Edited 2009-10-16 01:21 UTC

I use my real name, so it's not like I am the one hidding here, you don't see 0.00000001% of what I post and I am amongst the top thousand contributor of news story on OsNews,

http://www.osnews.com/user/Moulinneuf/
http://www.osnews.com/user/uid:266/comments
http://www.osnews.com/user/uid:266/submissions

BTW submnission is what got published , not what I submited.



No , they review it.



No I mean an insecure OS nobody in the security industry use and no secure hardware maker support by default. The fact you constrain it to server only is showing of the real problem.



Sure, but it as nothing to do with BSD and their finance ...



Actually, we can draw a direct paralel with linus Torvald who worked at a company who was not directly related to GNU/Linux , but using the Linux Kernel and GNU/Linux and himself to a certain degree where right, the GNU/Linux industry grew.

Time already proved he was wrong.



No Because he is wrong and that is what make him an Ass to other who are right and disagree with him. Being an ass don't prove him as right the state of BSD does prove him as wrong.



Actually if the dev are in charge of distribution that is a big problem in itself ...



Every single possible way.



Yes, no one can put a license on someone else code.



Absolutly nothing.



Your talking about the three mainstream OS and there paid working people and corporation and industry as if any BSD had anything close or resembling it.



I am not a moron. You should look up the definition, it does not mean someone more inteligent then you , that you disagree with.



No , he never did. He said had BSD been legal and not in court for stealing UNIX at the tme, he would have chosend BSD over the GPL. But hey you must have a link to back up your quote, I could be wrong about that and you could show me soemthing real for a change.



BSD make bad code, everyone else innovate over time.



Don't try and suggest you understand something.



Not discussing the world, just "Theo de Raadt".



No , I keep searching and there is nothing Theo De Raadt proved or that was right. He adopted others theory after bashing them at first ...



Nope ...



Too poor , too stupid , too incompetent and too clueless ... Or you believe yourself to be able to judge all book on it's merit, without having read most of them.



That's another thing, BSD distribution was done with books, most of them are not carried anywhere, even in specialised vendor catalog or they have very old copies.

Edited 2009-10-16 01:59 UTC

Now I guess you enjoy rhetoric, except you are not good at it because you can't persuade anyone. I also know you are not good with actual argumentation. You remind me much of Thrasymachus.

I don't enjoy writting or discussing. I much prefer listening to inteligent discourse and read good people.

I don't need to persuade anyone nor do I try.

Only in his mind and possibly irrelevant fanboys like you.

Wow, talking about relevancy. Now I will grant you that. But fanboy, be sure I'm not. I don't care about de Raadt, nor Torvalds, nor Stallman. But he was usually right on the spot on his comments.

Of course, a Linux fanboy like you doesn't like him for his attacks on the quality of the linux kernel, quality that even Linus said it's decreasing. Now, was TDR so wrong?

Edited 2009-10-16 05:16 UTC

I don't agree. For example, Theo is against heavy WLAN encryption (WPA, etc). He recommends the use of VPNs instead, because WLAN encryption gives a false sense of security.

People like Theo are controversial, but in a very positive way: They make us think.

Yes, Ulrich Drepper would make an interesting interview subject.

Yeah. I was just thinking to myself earlier that it would be really cool to have an OSNews interview where the answer to every question, no matter what the topic, is a long tirade about how Linux is crap.

As a Linux advocate, I spend a fair number of words criticizing those with irrational *BSD hatred. This is a chance for me to point out that the hatred does sometimes come from the other camp.

On a different note... why not get RMS and Theo together and let them interview each other?

sbergman27 is a thing ( that's not his real name ) who think of himself as Linux advocate ( when clearly he is not ) and speaking for a group of non existing people. Most real Linux advocate , of witch I am not BTW, don't know who he is or what he is speaking for ( I asked just to be sure it was not some new guy having fun at my expense or with a real point ).

You spend a fair number of words bashing and insulting those who you disagree with but don't understand there point at all.

with missundertsood BSD real point.

There is no hatred or camp, GNU/Linux and BSD developer get to work toghether everyday, the real problem is Thing like you who create camp and hatred out of there false view of the world. Who refuse to face reality that in both camp some problem exist and that you refuse everyone discuss them , because somehow , in your mind of singleton and moron, you got put in charge of who get to say what and when.

Me I am for getting an interview about who the real sbergman27 is.

Well, moul. (No 'y', you see.) Your post probably violates the OSNews terms of service. (And reminds me a bit of the stunt that cost Maureen O'Gara her career.) And I probably shouldn't even bother responding. But... as has been pointed out by others, I include my name, of which my user name is a contraction, in my profile. But if you really want to know who I am, in the context of the topics relevant to this forum... read my posts. I make plenty of them. And with a few exceptions (regarding issues on which I have turned out to be wrong or mistaken) I stand behind what I say.

By the way... I notice that you do not provide a full name anywhere. Not in your profile. And not in your posts. The ambiguous and impossible to verify 'Moulinneuf' is all you have ever provided. You *do* have first and last names up there in Canada, don't you? Sadly, however, we do know you through your posts here.

Edited 2009-10-16 03:16 UTC

Your actions and presence do ... I don't recall you being a moderator and having the right in your own word to insult , bash and attack other user here. YOU certainly have not earned that right.



That's the kind of crazy stuff I refer too, you think of yourself as someone else and devilisize other and paint them in a false image ( me as only a GNU/Linux user ) ... Keep talking.



Your not responding to me ... Your making another of your poor victimized speech.



So your real name is sbergman27 ? Why should I trust you to complete a profile with your real name then ? And your other fake accounts that agree with you ...



No , I want your Real full name , not your fake identity here , I want your medical and mental history and the one of your entire familly and there name and adress too ( well your certainly allowed to lie about the one of others ).

I want the name of your current employer, I want the name of all your former employer, where you studied and what kindergarden you went to.

BTW, That's just the kind of insult you usally trow at others here that break the TOS ...

I do provide a full and real name : Moulinneuf is the name on my driving license , on my NAS on my voting card, on my gun license , on my birth certificate.

Is sbergman27 your's ? Why should I trust someone who disrespect is own name and familly ?



Right, have you read my contribution too ?

http://www.osnews.com/user/Moulinneuf/submissions

What is the current OS, I am using right now ? Since you know me perfectly tru my post, that by your own admission you usually ignore ?

Personally, I would rather read sbergman27's comments without knowing his identity than read the poorly presented, insulting and logically unsound drivel that you too frequently are inclined to drool forth onto the pages of this website.

I don't comment here often; I don't contribute articles. In fact, one of the few times that I felt compelled to comment was on an occasion that I disagreed with sbergman27. However, having had the opportunity to gauge the comments of both you and him, I would say that he must have to stoop rather low to reply to you.

Whatever issuing authority granted you a gun license should have their collective heads examined. Your apparent zealotry seems to seriously interfere with your ability to think rationally.

If you're not comfortable with aliases, then the internet is not the place for you. Considering that Steve gives his full name, and you do not, I am left wondering how many holes your glass house must have in it by now. You seem to throw a lot of stones.

A person's identity has no bearing on the legitimacy and correctness of comments they may make on the internet. Either they are right, they are wrong, or they have an opinion on a subjective matter that is neither right or wrong. Evaluating which of these is the case does not require an identity.

Quite frankly, I don't blame anyone that does not want to use their real identity on the internet. Any lunatic that can work a computer can access the internet, and some of these lunatics would gladly stalk or attack someone because of things that they have said. It has happened, and will happen again. Personally I'd rather not look over my shoulder every day wondering if I'm being pursued by some lowlife that disagrees with me.

Finally...

You really should settle down. Life is too short to waste away on zealotry over an operating system. Give it a rest before you blow an O-ring. Enjoy yourself.

"sbergman27 is a thing ( that's not his real name ) "


you are so....not cool for playing that game. People shouldn't be pressured to give up their privacy on the internet just to make you happy.

I just let the anonymous coward insult my name, because that seem to be the cool thing to do for him and yourself ?

And what's your real name? For what we know Moulineuf could be a fake name no different than anonymous coward. The fact that you put some concatenation of chars in a text field and claim it's your real name doesn't make it so. You really are too dumb to understand, what a waste...

Moulinneuf, friend. Please. End this madness! Right when we (as in the OSNews staff) change our commenting rules to the Implicit Trust thing with a great reminder of "How to Be Nice While Commenting," you go and break this trust. I know it's been a day or so since you last replied to this, but in case you come back, I suggest you stop replying and causing just a big flame war about who is an idiot and who should use their real names. If you click on my pseudonym, weildish, and see my real name on my profile as other people have suggested, you'll recognize me as one of the editors and one with the power to moderate and delete comments. I have no interest in deleting your last dozen or two comments and the comments from the others that were spurred from yours, and I have no interest in issuing out any more warnings. You need to stop insulting others and keep to the topic. Please. I beg of you. For my sake and for the sake of all of the readers-- when you start flaming other users, it completely detracts from the conversation. Again, I don't want to do this, so don't give me reason to.

This goes to the other commenters: as provocative as a person's comment may be to you as Moulinneuf's comment obviously was to those who replied to it, if you simply ignore it and go on your merry way, the person doesn't have reason to reply, and his initial comment will get voted down or even removed in the end. It's simple yet hard to resist the temptation of contributing to a flame war. Let's be nice now, eh? Nobody needs to hold hands-- just be civil, for heaven's sake.

Edited 2009-10-17 23:29 UTC

What is happening to you "molino nuevo"?

I saw you in other thread attacking *BSD in general and sbergman27 in particular... did he take your girlfriend? did he owe you money? are you in love of him and do you want him to pay attention on you?

why don't you let him in peace (in particular) and all of us (in general)? do you know to do something different to bash everything and troll it?

No it's still Moulinneuf ... My name is a no name coward magnet it seem.



Yes, me wanting more BSD computer in store and that it be more distributed is an attack on BSD ...



Who ? particular is for real people with real name.



It dates woman ? It is asecual robot/device ?



Don't know , who it is, you seem to know , does he ?



That's a him ? He is capable of loving himself ?



Poor victim ...



Your the one insulting my name and I am the one attacking you here ...



Yes ... That's why I am still here, for now.

Are you sure its not Robert Moulinnuef?


If not, I'd suspect you're related.

He doesn't really do that all that much.
He's actually turned it down quite a bit in later years compared to the mid 90's.



It does come from all camps really but Theo isn't a good example of hatred.

I've actually started liking him after seeing "Pirates of Silicon Valley". The recent interviews I saw with him still show some of that rash, outgoing personality. Of course a business like Microsoft forces you to become quite serious, but still...

Hey yes - now this *would* be an interesting interview! Good call!

Having worked for/with Simon on Haskell back in 1995 I'd be interested in this - particularly since I haven't done much with Haskell since.

Since we're talking Dutch Mac OS companies, how about following it up by an interview with the boys at mekentosj.com .

I'm very fond of their "Papers" app which allows you to manage scientific papers. I think it rightfully got the Apple Design Award for Best Scientific Computer Solution (2007).

They also have several apps on DNA/RNA sequencing, analysis, &c, but that isn't my field of expertise (though it is one of my fields of interest).

Since this has got all the hints of a shameless plug; I am in no way attached to this company, other than a customer who paid for his Papers licence.

I'd add

* Matt Dillon (DragonFly BSD leader)
* Bjarne Stroustrup (C++ designer)
* Theo de Raadt
* Aaron Seigo (KDE)

The person in charge of that would be Richard Stallman. That would be a nice interview

Unless he is letting the steering committee run it, in which case grab someone from that