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Does it really matter that he's a "Microsoft Engineer" or is that just thrown in there to ruffle old people's feathers?

OnlyOneCannolo 6y ago
I could imagine that Microsoft has dealt with similar issues, which would give the proposal extra credibility to me. But the article is lazy and doesn't mention why it's important, so we're all going to infer something different about it.
clddd 6y ago
It's probably very practical for exposing VM hosts apis to VM guests like they do in wsl
eminence32 6y ago
It seems that it's common practice on phoronix to list the employer of the person submitting the patch. I found a few examples where Intel, Google, and Amazon are all mentioned [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Bus-Lock-Detection-RFC https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Bu... [2] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Google-Zen-RAPL-PowerCap https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Google-Z... [3] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=L1d-Cache-Flushing-Revived https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=L1d-Cach...
microcolonel 6y ago
It's pretty common for Michael to add the affiliation/organization of people involved, since the social aspects are as interesting as the technical ones. For example, since Alyssa Rosenzweig writes full-length articles about her and others' work on Mesa drivers for Mali GPUs, she is mentioned in article titles or in main paragraphs, or Collabora is mentioned. Michael also covers interesting hires and organizational changes, like Valve hiring another developer for RADV this week, Valve is prominent in the title because it is important social information.
paulie_a 6y ago
I think it gives credability right off the bat.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  Ideally, it wouldn't.
  - YetAnotherNick 6y ago
    It is better than some random person giving idea on some project. If a Microsoft employee is proposing on behalf of the employer it has more chance of being proceeded forwarded/maintained/funded.
  - paulie_a 6y ago
    But we don't live in that world. Someone that name drops their company name is more credible that some random blogger that works at a hardware store
austinshea 6y ago
If he was an ex-Microsoft engineer, or a Microsoft engineer working on his own, I don’t think it would matter. If Microsoft is using the hours of the engineer’s workday for this purpose, it provides insight that does matter.

I could imagine that Microsoft has dealt with similar issues, which would give the proposal extra credibility to me. But the article is lazy and doesn't mention why it's important, so we're all going to infer something different about it.

clddd 6y ago

It's probably very practical for exposing VM hosts apis to VM guests like they do in wsl

eminence32 6y ago

It seems that it's common practice on phoronix to list the employer of the person submitting the patch. I found a few examples where Intel, Google, and Amazon are all mentioned [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Bus-Lock-Detection-RFC https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Bu... [2] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Google-Zen-RAPL-PowerCap https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Google-Z... [3] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=L1d-Cache-Flushing-Revived https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=L1d-Cach...

microcolonel 6y ago

It's pretty common for Michael to add the affiliation/organization of people involved, since the social aspects are as interesting as the technical ones. For example, since Alyssa Rosenzweig writes full-length articles about her and others' work on Mesa drivers for Mali GPUs, she is mentioned in article titles or in main paragraphs, or Collabora is mentioned. Michael also covers interesting hires and organizational changes, like Valve hiring another developer for RADV this week, Valve is prominent in the title because it is important social information.

paulie_a 6y ago

I think it gives credability right off the bat.

saagarjha 6y ago
Ideally, it wouldn't.
- YetAnotherNick 6y ago
  It is better than some random person giving idea on some project. If a Microsoft employee is proposing on behalf of the employer it has more chance of being proceeded forwarded/maintained/funded.
- paulie_a 6y ago
  But we don't live in that world. Someone that name drops their company name is more credible that some random blogger that works at a hardware store

austinshea 6y ago

If he was an ex-Microsoft engineer, or a Microsoft engineer working on his own, I don’t think it would matter. If Microsoft is using the hours of the engineer’s workday for this purpose, it provides insight that does matter.