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Interview: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software

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From his home in Calgary, Theo de Raadt leads an international team in developing world-class software—and gives it away. Here, he talks with The Epoch Times about why he does it, about industry use of open-source software, and about dedication to quality paying off. De Raadt’s team makes OpenBSD, an operating system, and OpenSSH, for secure communications.

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Comments (7)

Who was that guy Forbes interviewed?

TxtEdMacs ·
I was previously impressed by OpenBSD with their code audits, but then disappointed to learn of its then limited scope (utility). Very interesting interview, not at all like the nut case Forbes was supposedly quoting.
PaulFerris ·
Same guy: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/38331/index.html#thread...

TxtEdMacs: I'm not totally sure, but I'd say you're being sarcastic.... :-) --FeriCyde

Theo da Rat at it again

tadelste ·
This is the guy who claims he's better than Linus.

cjcox ·
I don't think he claims to be "better than Linus"... he just believes that LinuX is crap. And, just like about every Sun engineer, they either have not used a GNU/Linux distribution or they haven't tried one since Red Hat 5.0.

SFN ·
One thing to remember about Theo is the work he does. Sure, he's opinionated and yes, sometimes he acts like an ass but OpenBSD is as tight as a latex mini-dress.

FOSS needs a few mad-scientists. Theo's a good one.
cjcox ·
OpenBSD isn't that great IMHO.

And... actually he's a bad example of a scientist since he tries to live in a closet. Close minded people never make good scientists. He doesn't want to believe that the world is actually round.

tadelste ·
SFN:

I guess you're attempting to create an empowering interpretation -- very admirable. I would like to have a generous spirit toward Theo. In the background, I respect him as a Being, in the foreground, he's demonstrated some serious bad judgment.

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