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Him being far more influential and more important than most people in the room, and yet having trouble explaining what he does. That's not true. There were man
by kierank 16y ago
Him being far more influential and more important than most people in the room, and yet having trouble explaining what he does.
That's not true. There were many people in that room who were critical parts of multibillion dollar franchises. So critical that if that person fell ill the franchise would have to stop. If Linus fell ill Linux would continue relatively unchanged.
- pyre 16y ago> If Linus fell ill Linux would continue relatively unchanged. Linux development on the other hand... Linus is still the Steve Jobs of the Linux kernel world, so far as I understand it.
- wisty 16y agoThe Steve Jobs, minus the tantrums, random firings, and black mock turtlenecks. I hear he can be pretty critical though, especially if you ask him to port his work to a more "modern" language.
- 9ec4c12949a4f3 16y agoLinus understands the merger between technology and the mindset of a factory's manager. He doesn't care about your made-up business statistics, he cares about total system throughput, he cares about making things work correctly, he cares about not treating any one paradigm like a religion but rather something to be validated in context. He isn't interested in making linux easier for anyone to contribute to, he's interested in making linux the best, and he has great reasons for using a "less modern" language, when you examine them in terms of reaching his goals. Once you understand this, you'll understand all his criticisms, including his controversial stance on the GOTO.
- grammaton 16y agoMinus the random firings and black mock turtlenecks. Not so much minus the tantrums.
- blocke 16y agoLinus wouldn't be Linus without the tantrums and smiting.