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Yet they continue to brand their software in his name. Despite the community asking for a rename https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21929297 https://news.ycom
by hitekker 5y ago
Yet they continue to brand their software in his name. Despite the community asking for a rename https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21929297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21929297, tech publications pushing for a rename: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4#History_of_Reiser4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4#History_of_Reiser4, and Linux Kernel developers just wanting nothing to do with that name.
At some point, you have to wonder why the developers of a filesystem insist on associating it with a convicted murderer. Maybe stubbornness, edginess, a lack of awareness... or maybe they're friends of Hans Reiser.
- JPLeRouzic 5y agoI have no opinion about why the name of Reiser is still used, but in your first link there is no mention of Reiser. In an Algolia search I can't find any conversation about a name change on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Reiser%20name&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- hitekker 5y agoWrong link from me. I updated with the right one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21929297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21929297 Algolia search also supports comments: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=reiser%20name&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- JPLeRouzic 5y ago> Algolia search also supports comments Thanks, I didn't know that!