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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2005-07-24
Not much of an interview. The sum total of what he actually says is:
"I just keep thinking that I'm stuck in George Orwell's 1984," he said while shackled, dressed in a red, prison-issue jumpsuit, and locked in a cement room. "The government has taken away my kids, invaded my house, held me in solitary confinement and caused me all sorts of financial problems."
Well, Hans, you are the prime suspect in a murder investigation, and rightfully so. You've been charged, and rightfully so. Somehow, I just don't see the injustice. Then again, I suspect you're guilty as sin.
That said, this is probably the best possible news for Reiser4. The new owner would likely be much easier to work with, not go out of their way to antagonize the LK developers, *FIX* Reiser4 where it is needed, *rename* it, get it included into the mainline kernel, and make an honest living supporting it and adding custom features.
Congratulations to all of you who care about that filesystem... except for Hans, of course.