in my role as occasional (but rabid) fanboy

[waider]

For once, a c|net piece that I don't feel like printing out just so I can shred it:

Perhaps the biggest departure from the world of bits and browsers is the career of Jamie Zawinski, a key engineer in first Netscape release and the evangelist for its subsequent incarnation as an open source product.

Zawinski, whose title at Netscape was "hacker" before it became "hacker emeritus" and finally "loose cannon," is now the proprietor of the DNA Lounge in San Francisco.

While Zawinski admits to maintaining a collection of screen savers called "xscreensaver," and acting as the system administrator for his nightclub's open source computer systems, he insists that his professional life is primarily nontechnical.

"That's it," Zawinski said of his vocation as a club owner. "I just sell beer."(link)

Comments

[boutell.livejournal.com]

Y'know, you could skip the whole dot-com-veep stage and just sell beer.

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

He's also jwz on LiveJournal.

[waider.livejournal.com]

Jeez, c'mon. I said I'm an occasional but rabid fanboy. Give me SOME credit, eh?

[king-mob.livejournal.com]

" Admits to?" What, like they had to track him down or somthing?

[waider.livejournal.com]

Sure, they're c|net. If it's not a Microsoft press release, they have to actually get off their Aerons and do some actual research.