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I've often wondered if, other than a cultural difference (see "management by perkele"), there wasn't also a linguistic aspect to it. I mean, not being a native

I've often wondered if, other than a cultural difference (see "management by perkele"), there wasn't also a linguistic aspect to it. I mean, not being a native speaker can warp one's perception of how strong some expressions are.

Arnt 11y ago
As can being a sailor, a typographer or, if I've understood matters correctly, Australian. Poor foreigners ;) Linus' real fault is that he's not a committee person. He doesn't accept the sort of watered-down polite mediocrity that professionals like you and me do accept. Installing mongodb because some fool in a meeting wants to and bickering about it would be unprofessional, buying IBM to not get fired (it's called "hosting at AWS" these days), etc.