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Linus acted like a petulant child with the fuck you nVidia bit.

• sophacles 14y ago
  And nVidia acted like a condescending adult with their "Listen to what we say we care about, and ignore our actions" response. Thus the cycle continues.
• dreadsword 14y ago
  Linus did lose some credibility in my eyes. Not that one needs to conduct themselves like a suit at all times, but his behaviour seemed counter-productive at best.
  • fdr 14y ago
    I don't think his behavior was at all out of the ordinary there for Linus, so if he lost credibility for you I don't understand why this would be only after this event. We'll see if it ends up being counter-productive after all, or if the public naming of nVidia as a bad actor causes them to shore up support even a tiny bit. His reaction certainly will make me reconsider an nVidia card for my next Linux machine: I didn't realize there was so much ire beyond the frustration that nVidia ships a binary blob. As-is things didn't seem to be going anywhere, and there were no signs that nVidia was at all unhappy with that situation.
  • IsTom 14y ago
    As far as I know Linus' attitude is well-known.