GUUG mal, Beitrag 001 (Januar 2000)
The first version of this interview was not recorded because the batteries were defective. But Alan had the nerves to go through it a second time. As we both knew the answers and the questions, the interview got rather short.
A short interview with Alan Cox
Speaker: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we are here at the Linuxtag in Bremen, germany. I have the pleasure to interview Alan Cox, the second men behind Linus Torvalds. Good afternoon Alan.Alan: Good afternoon.
Speaker: Alan, to have any hints about your identity, can you tell me what is in line seven of the file drivers/net/cops.c?
Alan: No. It was rather a [?]
Speaker: Maybe really too difficult this question...
Alan: Save it for the Linux [?]
Speaker: ...it would have been your name, because you wrote the driver.
Alan: Cops network driver? No.
Speaker: I found a comment about you in that file...
Alan: I helped some people with it, I didn't actually write it.
Speaker: Ok, then I'll try another question. I checked the mailing list linux-kernel just before we met: can you say what was your last message to linux-kernel?
Alan: No.
Speaker: I think we will need a stronger evidence about your identity. Can you give me any evidence, that you are really Alan Cox? Maybe you have your passport or something like that?
Alan: Yes.
Speaker: Great, thanks, for the evidence. Alan, I'm noticing you are not wearing a shareholders suit. So many Linux companies giving out shares, didn't you buy any?
Alan: I buyed some from RedHat obviously. I'm a Linux person and a developers person, I don't need to wear a suit to be a shareholder.
Speaker: Are you planing anything for the near future to make the shares go up, so you have your incoming from the RedHat options? Have you any plans to improve Linux?
Alan: The goal is to make Linux better. And making Linux better helps all the Linux companies, helps all the Linux users. It's not about any kind of commercialism.
Speaker: Ok, thanks for the interview, Alan.
