Saturday, August 26, 2023

bsdtalk267 - Interview with Hans Petter Selasky

Interview by Michael Dexter with FreeBSD developer Hans Petter Selasky who passed away this summer in a traffic accident in Norway.

Post on the FreeBSD email list https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2023-July/000076.html 

File Info: 29 Min. 14MB

Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk267/bsdtalk267.ogg


5 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:31 AM

    Tragic accident but nice to have a new episode of bsdtalk. Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous7:12 PM

    Absolutely ghoulish. Very poor taste.
    How long ago was this interview recorded?

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  4. Anonymous5:20 PM

    Mixed feelings on this one. Glad to have learned more about him, but posthumously published can be hard on those who were closest to him.

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  5. Michael Dexter9:13 AM

    Dear Anonymous,

    I too was concerned that posting an interview from 2008 would be in bad taste.

    Accordingly, I inquired publicly on Mastodon if I should edit the "unsalvageable" recording and the feedback was 100% positive, including from author and BSDCan team lead Michael W. Lucas. So I proceeded to invest half a day into what was normally a two hour task, doing my best with the recording.

    Having seen your comment while at EuroBSDcon, I reached out to more colleagues, including the EuroBSDcon Program Committee Lead, Peter N. M. Hansteen from Norway, and Patrick McEvoy of the NYC*BUG, BSDTV, and the A/V team. All were positive given that they found no malice in recording or its presentation.

    Patrick circulated a memorial book that many of us signed for Hans Petter's family, and Will and I will not hesitate to remove the recording if the family has any issues with it.

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