- Joe Barr
Joe Barr (
October 19 ,1944 –July 11 ,2008 ) was an editor andwriter for the SourceForge sitesLinux.com andIT Manager's Journal .A former
programmer , Barr had worked on everything from microcomputers like the TRS-80 Model I to IBMmainframes with acres of DASD, writing code in more than a dozen languages, includingRPG II ,370 ALC ,COBOL ,BASIC ,TIBOL ,MASM , and C. Much of that experience coming in his 13 years withRoss Perot 's EDS.Fact|date=October 2007As a writer, Barr first gained notoriety and, according to Ziff-Davis' Spencer F. Katt, a cult-like following for his zine, The Dweebspeak Primer.Fact|date=October 2007 Barr began writing about personal computing in 1994, and primarily about Linux and open source in 1998, when he began writing for IDG's LinuxWorld.com. The
MPlayer project made him even better known by dedicating a derogatory page to him in their documentation after he wrote a piece entitled "MPlayer: the project from hell". [ [http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32880.htm?CFID=738850&CFTOKEN=15C6AC3A-1584-13C2-905311AE45151678 MPlayer: The project from hell @ LINUX.SYS-CON.COM ] ]In 2001, Barr was awarded a Silver Medal by the
American Society of Business Publication Editors in the category of Best Web Commentary for his article entitled "Dumbing Down Linux". [ [http://www.asbpe.org/contest/2001/con01nat.htm ASBPE 2001 National Excellence Competition Winners ] ] For the past several years, he has worked atOSTG , writing articles, columns, and commentary for NewsForge and Linux.com. Barr's first book,CLI for Noobies , was published in 2007 by the SourceForge Community Press.He also was an enthusiastic
amateur radio operator using his callsign W5CT.Barr died on
July 11 ,2008 [cite web|url=http://www.linux.com/feature/141548|title=In memoriam: Linux evangelist and Linux.com editor Joe Barr|author=Robin Miller|accessdate=2008-07-11] .References
External links
* [http://joebarr.org/ JoeBarr.org]
* [http://www.pjprimer.com/ The Dweebspeak Primer]
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