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Someone can be an asshole and a great leader, at the same or different times. Linus himself, to his credit, recently admitted that he's been unreasonably abusiv
by PhasmaFelis 8y ago
Someone can be an asshole and a great leader, at the same or different times. Linus himself, to his credit, recently admitted that he's been unreasonably abusive and is trying to learn better.[0]
People are complicated. He needn't be either a saint or a demon.
[0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167
- HarryHirsch 8y agothat he's been unreasonably abusive I have not heard of Linus taking credit for other people's work, or him getting into a fistfight at a conference or feeling up women's asses.
- kbutler 8y agoAnd apples are not oranges, but they are both fruit.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoGood thing no one implied any of that, then!
- golergka 8y agoThe thing is, all Linus rants that I've seen are entirely reasonable. Yes, calling someone stupid is rude, but rude things should be used in extreme circumstances. And when a single developer can negatively affect millions - wait, actually, billions - of people around the world with a stupid patch, that's exactly the case where being rude and aggressive is entirely reasonable.
- chrisseaton 8y agoBeing rude and aggressive would be reasonable if there was some imminent danger, but there isn't - he can calmly explain things and doesn't have to merge anything until he's ready.
- core-questions 8y ago> all Linus rants that I've seen are entirely reasonable Spot on. I'd hate to be on the receiving side, but look at what we've all gotten from this effort - in a Machiavellian sense it really has been the correct choice.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoIf you cuss and scream at someone, and they subsequently do what you wanted, it does not follow that they only did that because you cussed at them.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoLinus himself appears to disagree with you, now. You don't need to defend him.