[NTLUG:Discuss] Where is Bruce Perens? (Was: Toy Story 2 - Is 'Wheezy' really Tux?)
Kurt Watkins
kurtw at ticnet.com
Mon Dec 13 18:34:20 CST 1999
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Kendall Clark wrote:
> >>>>> "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/>
You can find Bruce at the imaginative address bruce at perens.com.
K.
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