Comments on: Reiser’s Murder Case Takes On A New Twist

By: Dabido

Dabido — Mon, 07 May 2007 15:12:09 +0000

It’s possible that the mainstream media have been asked to sit on the story by the police if they feel someone elses life might be in danger or something. Or, it might complicate the case if news got out … which it now has.

Anyway, it’s a pretty weird case!

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Mon, 07 May 2007 10:49:24 +0000

kucau, that’s true of course. In fact patches for Reiser4 have kept coming in for the -mm patchset.

By: papajoneh

papajoneh — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:15:05 +0000

interesting topic. indeed.

By: kucau

kucau — Mon, 07 May 2007 07:04:39 +0000

ermmm . in open source, if a project went off, there will be another project taking in. Dont worry bout your ReiserFS, u can always opt for other fs

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:06:25 +0000

Yep, Fred. For me, it is of interest to know more about this case because the future of one of my favourite filesystems can be affected by the outcome.

I guess the “mainstream media” has no idea who Hans Reiser is. To them, this might just be another “geek in trouble” type of story.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:56:25 +0000

What’s astonishing about all this
is that the major Bay Area news
media have sat on the story for several
days with no comment.

A reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
told me that they won’t comment on a story
from alternative media (Wired.com).

Media need to be nudged to get this story
opened up and thoroughly investigated.