3 ms·
He can afford to be politically incorrect because he makes all the decision, and because nobody else than him can make decisions. He is the expert. There are v
by jokoon 9y ago
He can afford to be politically incorrect because he makes all the decision, and because nobody else than him can make decisions. He is the expert.
There are very few places in software where an expert/engineer have full authority on the development/how things are done/specifications. You often see money/markets/trends take over.
I really wonder what linux will become without Torvalds when he will go away. I hope he already thought about it, because it will really require somebody with huge confidence about what to do.
- toyg 9y agoMost of his current generals are very much the confident type (occasionally even too much so), so I don’t really see a problem there. As long as Linus doesn’t anoint a RedHat employee, things will just keep chugging along.
- digi_owl 9y agoThere are a few that even though they are not RH employees, are very close to RH employees to the point that they would likely look the other way rather than confront like Linus would do.