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Russ Nelson

Posted Feb 3, 2005 18:55 UTC (Thu) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104)
Parent article: Interview: OSI's new president

Chances are you've used a network driver written by Russ or perhaps a linmodem he has worked on. If you're a fan of DJB's software (but perhaps not a DJB fan :-) then you're probably aware of the sites (qmail.org and tinydns.org) he runs. See his web page for other stuff he's involved in.

Personally I have always found him to be extremely helpful on mailing lists, and I reckon he will do an excellent job as OSI boss.

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Russ Nelson

Posted Feb 4, 2005 2:26 UTC (Fri) by jmason (guest, #13586) [Link]

I've known Russ for a few years through anti-spam work; he's always been clueful, courteous and helpful. I also think he'll make a good head of OSI.

Russ Nelson

Posted Feb 10, 2005 15:34 UTC (Thu) by RussNelson (guest, #27730) [Link]

jmason has outed me. Yes, I used to be a Boy Scout: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, Reverent. Got about halfway to being a Life scout. Managed to get Canoeing and Rowing even though Drowning is a better reflection of my swimming "style". Didn't get farther because our troop didn't have a good merit badge counselor system. You need support from the troop leaders to make it to Eagle.

Russ Nelson

Posted Feb 11, 2005 23:31 UTC (Fri) by adulau (guest, #1131) [Link]

DJB license is not free software license. Can you imagine to have free software without allowing redistribution of modified version ? not really free.