2026-10-18 03:51 UTC
@glyph@mastodon.social @jwz@mastodon.social That person seems to have a history of threatening legal action, and has taken people to court (he sued Bruce Perens and others back in 2005).
He also tried to buy a copy of the Linux kernel for $50k back around that time: https://lwn.net/Articles/106353/
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@luis_in_brief@social.coop 2026-10-18 03:57
@jamesh@aus.social @glyph@mastodon.social @jwz@mastodon.social I did not have Jeff Merkey on today’s bingo card
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@daemonspudguy@app.wafrn.net 2026-10-21 12:30
@jamesh@aus.social @luis_in_brief@social.coop @glyph@mastodon.social @jwz@mastodon.social Oh wow he actually blanked your opening post what the fuck.
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@luis_in_brief@social.coop 2026-10-18 15:20
@glyph@mastodon.social IIRC he was actually a member of the Netware core kernel team when he departed with a bunch of Novell IP; it would be hilarious if he’s the last person on earth still running Netware @jamesh@aus.social @jwz@mastodon.social