Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 8th Jun 2008 15:53 UTC, submitted by sonic2000gr
The story of Hans Reiser, the eccentric file system programmer, is a tragic one. The author of the ReiserFS was arrested under suspicion of the murder of his wife Nina Reiser in 2006, and was declared guilty in April 2008. Some still placed doubts about the conviction, stating that he might be innocent. It now seems that all doubt has been quelled, since Alameda County District Attorney Thomas Orloff has revealed that Hans Reiser will disclose the location of Nina's body for a reduced sentence.
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Except, that's not what the news item said. The news item said that I find it unfortunate that a piece of code A LOT of people have worked on is now more or less reduced to nothing solely due to the actions of one man.
Look, when a football player's family member dies, right now, during the European Championships, the sports news isn't going to be about how sad it is for everyone - no, it's going to be about how it is going to affect his or his team's performance, and how that would affect the standings and outcome of the tournament.
Harsh, but that's reality. Sure, it sucks for the kids and family that a person was murdered here, but 1) I can't feel sorry for all the misery in the world, and 2) we're a tech news website, and it's the tech aspect that matters - not the personal aspect.
Cold, harsh, but/like reality. I'm sorry.