A conversation with Bdale Garbee
It's difficult not to notice Bdale Garbee, the chief technologist for open source and Linux at Hewlett-Packard, when he attends the Australian national Linux conference.
You can't miss the tall figure with the well-maintained beard, holding, like a plaything in one hand, a little laptop that has a prominent Debian sticker on it.
Despite his height, he always manages to quietly enter a room when he attends a presentation. And when he does choose to ask a question during a presentation, it is well thought out and adds to the learning of all present. He isn't inclined to be frivolous - though, as he amply demonstrated this time, he has a great sense of humour.
Garbee was prominent at this year's conference, all due to events not exactly to do with Linux. His picture even appeared in the local Tasmanian tabloid. These events have been reported elsewhere, hence one does not intend to dwell on them.
When I spoke to him, early on the Tuesday of conference week, he still had his beard. We talked at length about the Debian GNU/Linux project - he has been a part of it since 1994, is chairman of the technical committee, and, at the time we spoke, was acting secretary.
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