[opensource-dev] Introduction

[Mike Monkowski]

Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote:
> This is just a quick note to introduce myself - I'm Scott Lawrence, and 
> this week I've become Oz Linden.  I've just started at Linden Lab as the 
> Director of Open Development.

OS.  Oz.  I see what you did there.  With the "wizard" allusion.  Very 
clever. :-)

> I'm a long time open source user and developer - for the last ~7 years 
> I've been leading the sipXecs SIP PBX project 
> <http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/sipXecs>

OK.  We can bug you about getting the voice chat code open sourced. :-)

> My new role here is to expand and improve the open source viewer 
> program.  I hope to get to know most of you well, and to hear your 
> thoughts on how Linden Lab and the open source community can work better 
> together.

Oh, we all are kind of shy about offering our ideas. :-)
They didn't let you read any of this mailing list before you accepted 
the position, did they?

> I'm also heading up the Applied Engineering team with the mission of 
> making our sustaining activities for the viewer even more responsive to 
> the needs of our Residents, and I hope that part of that will be 
> achieved by accelerating the incorporation of the good work of open 
> source contributors.

They wrote that for you, didn't they?  :-)

> I'm based in the Boston office, which will give you some idea of when 
> I'm most likely to be awake.

There's a correlation?  :-)

> I am very much aware that I've taken on a big job, and that there's much 
> to do - I'm going to be looking to you to help me set my agenda.  Please 
> understand that I'm sending this note on my second day as an employee - 
> I have not yet finished all my new-hire paperwork, and it will take me 
> some time to get up to speed; please bear with me.

Hey, we got work to do!  No time for getting up to speed.  :-)

> Outside work, I play billiards in the APA <http://www.poolplayer.org/>, 
> and ride my electric skateboard (if you've got a Facebook account, you 
> can see a very short ride 
> <http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1435574887089>). (I rode it 
> today from the train station to the office).

Well, of course, you won't have any time for that anymore. :-)


Yaaaaaaaaaaay!  Welcome aboard!

Mike
SL: Mm Alder