[olug] Information Week interview

[Rob Townley]

Has Rex Dieter given an OLUG talk before?

On 6/12/06, Jon H. Larsen <relayer at levania.org> wrote:
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> This is from the Fedora News Wiki:
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> Fedora mentioned in Information Week
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> Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) reports in
> fedora-marketing-list
> (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-June/msg00018.html):
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> Rex Dieter and I both have a one sentence quote. I love the fact that an
> hour long interview yielded one sentence. :-P
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> Rex Dieter, a contributor to Fedora, a version of Linux distributed by Red
> Hat, has been computer manager for the mathematics department at the
> University of Nebraska for 10 years. His paying job is his top priority.
> "If I have spare brain cycles afterward, more power to me," he says. When
> he recently became a member of Fedora's board, his boss, the computer labs
> professor, shook his hand and congratulated him.
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> Many contributors say the challenge of developing good code provides all
> the recognition and satisfaction they need. "I love the fact that I have
> to post the reasons I think I'm correct in a public place," says Max
> Spevack, chairman of Red Hat's Fedora Project. "It forces me to defend my
> opinions."
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> http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=187202790
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