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Broad-brush talk is a step backwards. Political talk and thinking is poisoned by the ideas of "left" and "right" even though those phrases haven't had a connec
by cturner 14y ago
Broad-brush talk is a step backwards.
Political talk and thinking is poisoned by the ideas of "left" and "right" even though those phrases haven't had a connection to reality since the French First Republic.
It'll probably be fine. Politics is in many respects a zero-sum game, and polarises participants into two camps. Software isn't like that.
- stonemetal 14y agoThe ideas expressed in the article ring fairly true to me. I wouldn't have couched them in political terms, because as you point out there is too much emotion in that arena. I tend to think of it as Engineers vs Artists. On the one hand you have Linus' think it through, do it right. On the other hand you have PG's explore, discover, express yourself style. Each method is valid in different situations.