>His software is fantastic and he's an exceptional engineer. At the end of the day that's all that really matters. Look at Linus's many rants. People who get m

>His software is fantastic and he's an exceptional engineer. At the end of the day that's all that really matters. Look at Linus's many rants. People who get mad at him usually tried to assert their <insert special status here> as a reason for why their code/ideas get rejected. Reality is, most of the code just isn't up to quality standards and maintainers don't have the time to hold your hand and explain why it isn't. >But I also personally know people that were turned off of Sourcehut because of the way he interacts with the community in some cases. He made someone mad in one of my channels because he cracked a 10+ year old IRC joke and that person didn't get it. So now of course they are going to boycott everything he does and smear him as a misogynist. > When your project is a one man (now two) show, that kind of thing matters a lot. No, this means you can tell people to pound sand and not have to deal with HR and politics. It's the exact opposite of what you think. We have real problems in the world, like bigger than a bad joke or a rejection letter. We should absolutely shame/ridicule businesses that have revenue models but then choose to open these shady channels on the side (like this telemetry). We should be suspect of VC firms that take <insert brutal regime here>'s money.