[NTLUG:Discuss] Where is Bruce Perens? (Was: Toy Story 2 - Is 'Wheezy' really Tux?)

[Kendall Clark]

>>>>> "jms" == Johnie Stafford <jms at pobox.com> writes:

    >>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:26:23 -0600 (CST), Kendall Clark
    >>>> <kclark at ntlug.org> said:
    >>>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> writes:
    Steve> So does anyone have any contacts at Pixar?

    Steve> There has been some debate about whether the Penguin in Toy
    Steve> Story 2 is intended to be Tux or not - and if so, what is
    Steve> the intended symbolism?

    kc> Ask Dan Lyke, he'll know for sure. He works at Pixar and is a
    kc> wily Unix hacker. I think he's got credits in both TS and TS2.

    kc> danlyke at flutterby.com

    jms> So does/did Bruce Perens of Debian. I'm not sure if he's
    jms> still there, but I remember way back in the olden days of
    jms> Linux, before the Debian project got going, seeing mail from
    jms> bruce at pixar.com on the Linux mailing lists.


Bruce is gone from Pixar, afaict. I don't know how long though. He
just became the CEO of Linux Capital Group, a VC firm to fund Linux
startups. Apparently their first funding will go to Ian Murdoch, of
Debian fame, to start a company to create a commercial version of
Debian.

<Kendall/>