I’ve been following the trial of Hans Reiser, the software engineer who developed code for the Linux operating system and who, in April, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2006 disappearance of his ex-wife, Nina Reiser. The case has been troubling to me on a few levels: They lived in the Oakland Hills — a place I’m familiar with — and where, six days after she disappeared, Nina Reiser’s minivan was found containing her purse and $144 in rotting groceries. Yesterday, Hans Reiser led police to what he said was the body of Nina Reiser, buried in a park …read more