Hans Reiser Trial Begins

We’ve followed the case of Hans Reiser to some degree in the past, but now the trial has finally officially begun. The creator of the ReiserFS (file system) is accused of killing his Wife, Nina, last year, but her body has never been found. Despite that, law enforcement believe they have overwhelming evidence to believe it was Hans who killed her, while Hans himself believes she might have gone back to her home country of Russia.

Wired also posted an interview with Reiser back in June, which might be of interest to those who want to get into the mind of the popular open-source programmer.

Reiser, 43, is accused of killing his wife, Nina, last year as the separated couple endured a bitter divorce. “Intellect is not always an ally,” defense attorney William DuBois said of his client, whose Namesys company was responsible for the widely-used open source Reiser3 and Reiser4 file systems.

Source: Wired