Bruce Perens Voted off SPI Board

An anonymous reader writes "ComputerWorld is reporting that open source evangelist Bruce Perens has been ousted from the board of Software in the Public Interest. Even though he founded the organization he said it was time to move on, stating that he probably shouldn't have run but just couldn't let it go. It seems that for the time being Perens in content to focus on the truly important things, like watching his son grow and making time for his family. I just hope that he isn't gone for too long."

The real question

[Error27]

Here's a link with election info [spi-inc.org]. Here are the election results [spi-inc.org].

But for me the real question is whether it is time for a magnetic floating bed? [slashdot.org]

Re:What?

[pcgabe]

Perens IS content.

See also the previous story: "[...] defining what a mashup really it" = really IS.

Two "is" errors in two consecutive summaries. What's going on here? Are they trying to subliminally tell me that mashups are the new "it" thing? Or that Perens is incontinent? Does it depend on what my definition of "is" is?

Beware spellcheckers, they lead to a false sense of correctness.

No more comments from Bruce, please

[dkone]

How am I supposed to hear rampant rumor and speculation when the subject of the story is posting the truth? This is Slashdot after all; there is a tradition to uphold here people.

I for one welcome our... ahh never mind that won't work here.

DK

The code, the code!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sorry but the code is more important than watching some bag of meat grow up.

Mod parent down!

[capt.Hij]

Okay, this is obvisouly the worst kind of karma whoring possible. How about we take Bruce's highest moderated replies and we all post our own questions?

"Slashdot for Grown-Ups"?? Zing! Pow! Wham!

[RobotRunAmok]

From the site [technocrat.net] linked in Bruce Perens' sig:

Another of our roots is a similar site called Slashdot.org . Slashdot played a formative role as the community voice of Open Source / Free Software during a time of tremendous growth in that community. Unfortunately, Slashdot has more recently abdicated that role to become, in the words of its editors, "a geek culture site". We recognise the lure of the mass-market. As we write this, Slashdot is within the top 300 sites on the web by readership, and we congratulate them. But the serious work is going to need to go on elsewhere. We're taking up that flag.

Another issue with Slashdot is immaturity. It's rife with trolls and other detriments to the signal-to-noise ratio. We start out on a path to improve the level of discussion over that in Slashdot by eschewing the "Anonymous Coward" who is rampant there. If you don't want to take responsibility for your words, they don't belong here. We encourage you to put your full name in your login, and participate in all discussion as a known individual. We will take other measures to maintain the highest possible quality of discussion as they become necessary.

So, whaddya saying, no ACs and if I want to read about Joss Whedon's grocery list I'll have to call his press agent?

I am *SO* there, Bruce! Congratulations!

(But do you kinda sorta think that your new competitive venture against slashdot is why your own dirty laundry got posted here by an AC? I'm just askin'...)

Dead

[Richard W.M. Jones]

I think they just kicked him off the board because he's dead [geekz.co.uk].

Rich.

Re:The code, the code!

[chiok]

RMS, is that you?