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Lunduke has been picking so many fights, I'm a bit lost as to whether I should pay attention or not. Sure, it doesn't seem great, but the Linux foundation putti

by brnt 3y ago

Lunduke has been picking so many fights, I'm a bit lost as to whether I should pay attention or not. Sure, it doesn't seem great, but the Linux foundation putting money in other areas of the ecosystem is hardly a good point. Show us a real breakdown, instead of a gratuitous Linux kernel expenditure vs not-Linux kernel expenditure.

errnoh 3y ago
I'm not familiar with the author, but seems like they have quite identical post from 2021 as well: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundation-spends-just-34-of https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundation-spends-just-...
rvz 3y ago
But the author and many others aren't wrong in highlighting this and have covered the LF issues for years. Given that is from a guy that cares a lot about how the Linux Kernel project is funded, that is very concerning. The first step in solving a problem is to identify that there is an inherent issue, which the author has done, but goes ignored by those who do not wish to care about the project.
glandium 3y ago
Last time I saw a post of his linked here, someone posted this link: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/muc18q/whats_the_deal_with_bryan_lunduke/ https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/muc18q/whats_the_dea...
nobodyandproud 3y ago
I approve of this fight-picking. It’s what journalists are meant to do. The Linux Foundatiom should an engineers-first organization. The leadership team breakdown shows me it’s full of MBAs specializing in “on a computer”.
- bananapub 3y ago
  > The Linux Foundatiom should an engineers-first organization. why? what do you feel it's purpose is? do you think the people who give it gobs of money agree with you?
- dagw 3y ago
  Do you see any value in MBAs that are able to 'sell' other MBAs on the importance and value of Linux and OSS?
  - nobodyandproud 3y ago
    Are you saying MBAs and sales only provide value if they’re in the position of leadership?
- olodus 3y ago
  I agree, Journalists should pick fights, but I would prefer if they built up their arguments a bit better than this. I am one who is not familiar with the author previously, and from what he brings up I am highly inclined to agree with him, but I have to agree I became more sceptical to his arguments when all he brings up to support it is one very sparing data point (that graph feels very misleading). Give me data on how the kernel support has changed over time. Give me data on how the foundations income has changed over time. Not showing me any of this makes me very sceptical. Would showing this data not support the authors point?
- slowmovintarget 3y ago
  There's journalism that challenges the status quo, and there's muckraking, which is the degenerate form. This seems to be the degenerate form.
bmurphy1976 3y ago
I remember when I discovered the Bad Voltage podcast he was a co host. I knew nothing about him at the time, but I remember thinking good Lord why is this guy allways a contrarian asshole. Since then he's left the podcast and it got so much better and I've learned who he is and decided I really don't like the guy.
basedrum 3y ago
He is a troll, picking fights about things he doesn't understand. This is not the first

by brnt 3y ago

errnoh 3y ago

I'm not familiar with the author, but seems like they have quite identical post from 2021 as well: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundation-spends-just-34-of https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundation-spends-just-...

rvz 3y ago

But the author and many others aren't wrong in highlighting this and have covered the LF issues for years. Given that is from a guy that cares a lot about how the Linux Kernel project is funded, that is very concerning. The first step in solving a problem is to identify that there is an inherent issue, which the author has done, but goes ignored by those who do not wish to care about the project.

glandium 3y ago

Last time I saw a post of his linked here, someone posted this link: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/muc18q/whats_the_deal_with_bryan_lunduke/ https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/muc18q/whats_the_dea...

nobodyandproud 3y ago

I approve of this fight-picking. It’s what journalists are meant to do. The Linux Foundatiom should an engineers-first organization. The leadership team breakdown shows me it’s full of MBAs specializing in “on a computer”.

bananapub 3y ago
> The Linux Foundatiom should an engineers-first organization. why? what do you feel it's purpose is? do you think the people who give it gobs of money agree with you?
dagw 3y ago
Do you see any value in MBAs that are able to 'sell' other MBAs on the importance and value of Linux and OSS?
- nobodyandproud 3y ago
  Are you saying MBAs and sales only provide value if they’re in the position of leadership?
olodus 3y ago
I agree, Journalists should pick fights, but I would prefer if they built up their arguments a bit better than this. I am one who is not familiar with the author previously, and from what he brings up I am highly inclined to agree with him, but I have to agree I became more sceptical to his arguments when all he brings up to support it is one very sparing data point (that graph feels very misleading). Give me data on how the kernel support has changed over time. Give me data on how the foundations income has changed over time. Not showing me any of this makes me very sceptical. Would showing this data not support the authors point?
slowmovintarget 3y ago
There's journalism that challenges the status quo, and there's muckraking, which is the degenerate form. This seems to be the degenerate form.

bmurphy1976 3y ago

I remember when I discovered the Bad Voltage podcast he was a co host. I knew nothing about him at the time, but I remember thinking good Lord why is this guy allways a contrarian asshole. Since then he's left the podcast and it got so much better and I've learned who he is and decided I really don't like the guy.

basedrum 3y ago

He is a troll, picking fights about things he doesn't understand. This is not the first