Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 22nd Dec 2006 11:14 UTC, submitted by brewin
Hans Reiser, the prominent Bay Area Linux programmer charged with murdering his wife, says he's seeking to sell off his open-source file system company, Namesys, to help pay mounting legal costs. In the first interview since his arrest, Reiser spoke this week about the future of his company and his legal travails from within the walls of Santa Rita Jail, where he is being held without bail.
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I can't figure out why anyone would want to buy Namesys. It has no brand recognition outside of its DARPA sponsorship, it doesn't have a lead developer, and the medium-term prospects for Reiser4 uptake continue to be grim.
The only reason to buy an OSS firm is to acquire its human and/or capital assets. Reiser4 has great potential, but you're not buying Reiser4: anyone can take up its development and sell commercial plugins or support services.
If Namesys came with Hans Reiser, and if Hans Reiser wasn't in prison awaiting trial, then it might be a good investment. Without Hans, Namesys has nothing.