Sure there are some errors where lore overrides historical fact. An article ranging over 30 years of history via hops between minute detail is probably permitte

Sure there are some errors where lore overrides historical fact. An article ranging over 30 years of history via hops between minute detail is probably permitted a few factual errors. His tone certainly could be moderated if he wants to provoke less visceral rejections when he is wrong, though. But I'd submit that the central thesis-that it is somewhat ridiculous to adhere to many of these conventions simply because they are established-is a very good one. We have learned so much about how to make computer systems better and almost none of it is applied to Linux. The Linux kernel in particular is the work of brilliant people using archaic methodologies and adopting conventions that have long since ceased to make sense.