I met someone who lives in Scottsdale (native Finn) that claims to know him. -jmz On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > "But we need people to look at it, smell it, and make their > suggestions for improvement and feel, genuinely, like they were part > of the process." -Eric S. Raymond, OSDL co-founder and president > emeritus > > Of course, Raymond was discussing Open Source Licensing Initiatives, > not Linus' chair. > > The whole cubicle smelled like a well washed Finnish child, cleverly > disguised as a responsible adult, playing in FOSS heaven, which was > OSDL in the early 2000's. > > Actually, Torvalds' worked from home as a fellow for the Open Source > Development Lab, then a corporate-funded consortium created to foster > improvements to Linux. Linus rarely worked from his cubicle, his > brand new desk and chair smelled of fine modern fiber weave.... > > Linus sightings are common in Oregon. When I attended LinuxCon 2009, > he still smelled like childish enthusiasm, health and FOSS heaven. > > On 12/29/09, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Stephen wrote: >>>> you smelled his chair? >>> >>> were all wondering: what did it smell like? >> >> >> penguins is not an acceptable answer here btw. -jmz >> >>> >>> -jmz >>> >>>> >>>> interesting :-P >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Lisa Kachold >>>> wrote: >>>>> I smelled his chair at OSDL during an invitation to compete for a >>>>> contract and I partied with him at LinuxCon: >>>>> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/lc09p2 >>>>> >>>>> That's me in the front row: >>>>> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/22/linuxcon2009/ >>>>> >>>>> There was a rumor that Linus has been replaced by look-alikes: >>>>> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Will_The_Fake_Linus_Torvalds_Please_Stand_Up_VIDEO >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/29/09, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >>>>>> I saw this on slashdot I think. >>>>>> >>>>>> Long Live Linus. >>>>>> >>>>>> -jmz >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Mike Schwartz >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Mike Schwartz >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1438232/Happy-Birthday-Linus?art_pos=11 : >>>>>>>> [quote:] >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Linux: Happy Birthday, Linus >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Glyn Moody writes"Today is the birthday of Linus. Just under 19 years >>>>>>>> ago, >>>>>>>> on the first day the shops in Helsinki were open after the holidays, >>>>>>>> Linus >>>>>>>> rushed out and spent all his Christmas and birthday money on his >>>>>>>> first >>>>>>>> PC: a >>>>>>>> DX33 80386, with 4 Megs of RAM, no co-processor, and a 40 Megabyte >>>>>>>> hard >>>>>>>> disc. Today, the kernel he wrote on that system powers 90% of the >>>>>>>> fastest >>>>>>>> supercomputers, and is starting to find its way into more and >>>>>>>> more smartphones — not to mention everything in between. What would >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> world look like had he spent his money on something else?" >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Mike Schwartz >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It appears that some of the above text, is actually from >>>>>>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/happy-birthday-linus -- (which is >>>>>>> pointed to, by the first underlined (clickable) hyper-link in the /. >>>>>>> article quoted above -- that is, the "Just under 19 years ago" link). >>>>>>> I just read that longer item >>>>>>> (from http://www.linuxjournal.com/). >>>>>>> Pretty interesting. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Mike Schwartz >>>>>>> Glendale AZ >>>>>>> schwartz@acm.org >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Skype: (623)239-3392 >>>>> AT&T: (503)754-4452 >>>>> www.it-clowns.com >>>>> http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:LisaKachold >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > -- > Skype: (623)239-3392 > AT&T: (503)754-4452 > www.it-clowns.com > http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:LisaKachold > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss