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Yes. The problem that people are having with Linus' rants is that he makes the receiver uncomfortable and offended. I have been on receiving end of such rants.
by golergka 9y ago
Yes.
The problem that people are having with Linus' rants is that he makes the receiver uncomfortable and offended. I have been on receiving end of such rants. It feels really shitty, and I would love never to be subjected to something like this.
But the point is, it's directed towards a person who is about to significantly worsen the quality of a core information tech that is used by billions of people around the world. Thousands of human-hours will be lost. Millions of people affected in one case or another. And quite probably, in a couple of cases something really bad will happen if a process that previously worked flawlessly suddenly quits. Isn't Linux used anywhere in critical infrastructure? Hospitals? Domes? Banks? And it's not a random contributor, but (as I understand it) a major maintainer - a person who has a lot of authority and responsibility that goes with it.
So yeah, I think that this person deserves to feel shitty for a bit.
- carlmr 9y agoI don't think anybody deserves to feel shitty for doing important work for free. My problem is when the insults are personal, and not about the code. Even good coders produce shit code at times, you need to tell them when you see it, and they need to tell you, that's what reviews are for. But you don't need to attack them personally.
- golergka 9y agoThis is not an attack for a random mistake. This is an attack for the core competence. Which is part of you, personally. So yeah, still feels justified.