Hans Reiser
Hans Thomas Reiser is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer. He is the creator of the ReiserFS computer file system, which is contained within the Linux kernel, as well as its attempted successor, Reiser4. In 2004, he founded Namesys, a corporation meant to coordinate the development of both file systems. In April 2008, Reiser was convicted of the firstdegree murder of his wife, Nina Reiser, who disappeared in September 2006. He subsequently pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of seconddegree murder, as part of a settlement agreement that included disclosing the location of his wifes body, revealed to be in a shallow grave near the couples home.
Hans Reiser was born and raised in Oakland, California to Ramon and Beverly Reiser. He dropped out of junior high school when he wasbecause of his disdain for what he considered an overly rigid, conventional schooling system, and for constantly being ridiculed and bullied by his peers. Reiser has stated in interviews that at the age of 15, he was accepted at the University of California, Berkeley. Reiser attended the university off and on until he received a BS in computer science in 1992 at the age of 28. Although Reiser preferred higher education, he did not pursue a Ph.D. for the same educational reasons for dropping out of junior high school. He worked part to fulltime in the computer field while founding the Californiabased software company Namesys Inc. Before Namesys, Reiser was employed at Synopsys, IBM Research, Premenos Corp., and Accurate Information Systems.
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