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I think the intent was to make Linus feel like the child he was (is?). I thought it worked. Linus is quite patronizing in practically all of his e-mails, so I
by memoryfault 17y ago
I think the intent was to make Linus feel like the child he was (is?). I thought it worked. Linus is quite patronizing in practically all of his e-mails, so I don't see why others wouldn't return the favor.
- cabalamat 17y ago> I think the intent was to make Linus feel like the child he was At the time the email was written, Linus was 30. > Linus is quite patronizing in practically all of his e-mails Maybe so, but -- for me at least -- Linus has earned more of a right to be patronising than ESR has.
- mahmud 17y agoWho voted down this guy? Linus earned his stripes; 30, 20 or 10 years old, the man delivered a world-class piece of software. Patronizing him is just pulling non-existent rank so ESR doesn't feel like a fish out of water. Remember, while Linus oversaw the hottest piece of Unix software to come in decades, Eric Raymond was making a living off of "seniority" and "lore". Eric Raymond is the spokesperson of an "in-crowd" whose membership he didn't earn.
- memoryfault 17y ago>At the time the email was written, Linus was 30. I don't see what your point is. I clearly didn't mean that he was literally a child.