> And sometimes being personally disrespectful yields better results. Which is, after all, what one wants out of a software project: results, not happy feelings

> And sometimes being personally disrespectful yields better results. Which is, after all, what one wants out of a software project: results, not happy feelings. I think this kind of mentality is the problem this person is talking about. Great software and happy feelings are not mutually exclusive things. > If this atmosphere of harsh personal criticism does yield better results, then it's necessary. I disagree. From what I've seen and heard, criticizing someone personally has nothing to do with development or really with the workplace at all. You can criticize my work, you can show me where I went wrong, and you can tell me where I absolutely failed but criticism about any portion of my person or my identity is unwarranted. I'd be open to being shown a situation where this is not the case, but I'm highly skeptical. Personally, I think that there _was_ one personality that thrived in core kernel/linux development and it's caustic and Linus-ian. If that group wants to see additional contributions and not alienate the people like post author then their attitude and culture need to change.