I did not know that. Jeeze, when I was learning about filesystems I read about Reiser that it was “obsolete” and “unmaintained,” but never anything about “the developer murdered his wife with an axe.”
yeah it’s unmaintained because he’s been in prison for almost 20 years. also i remembered it wrong, it was apparently strangulation, the axe thing was when he buried the body.
a recent letter from him to the community was published online last year and it’s gut-wrenching stuff. he dismisses all notion that he had a manic episode, he’s saying that he was in full control and has a perfect memory of it, and has been living scared of himself for the last 15 or so years. i of course don’t know the man but the letter seems genuine.
Didn’t Overstreet do bcachefs? Or are you referring to switching to Reiser because of this?
i think they’re referring to how the reiserfs guy murdered his wife with an axe because of the same type of male insanity.
I did not know that. Jeeze, when I was learning about filesystems I read about Reiser that it was “obsolete” and “unmaintained,” but never anything about “the developer murdered his wife with an axe.”
Holy fuck.
yeah it’s unmaintained because he’s been in prison for almost 20 years. also i remembered it wrong, it was apparently strangulation, the axe thing was when he buried the body.
a recent letter from him to the community was published online last year and it’s gut-wrenching stuff. he dismisses all notion that he had a manic episode, he’s saying that he was in full control and has a perfect memory of it, and has been living scared of himself for the last 15 or so years. i of course don’t know the man but the letter seems genuine.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/convicted-murderer-filesystem-creator-writes-of-regrets-to-linux-list/
Fascinating, and yeah I really do agree with his point that a lot more people need to be taught emotional intelligence
Ah, that tracks. Doy. I spaced on that for a moment. Thank you for clarifying.
not really something you want bouncing around in your head, honestly.
Fair, yeah. It is pretty grim.