Threat Level Visits Inmate No. BFPS63--aka Hans Reiser | Linux Today

Threat Level Visits Inmate No. BFPS63–aka Hans Reiser

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 1, 2008

“Inside the Cellblock 9 visiting room here at Santa Rita Jail,
inmate number BFPS63 looked like a man with a big hangover.

“Hans Reiser may be confronting the reality that he could spend
the rest of his life behind prison walls. The 44-year-old Linux
programmer and developer of the ReiserFS filesystem was found
guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the disappearance of his
wife. He faces a mandatory 25-to-life term…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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