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Is some kind of smear campaign against Torvalds going on? For some reason I’ve been seeing a lot of this old stuff make the rounds. This one is actually quite
by wvbdmp 10mo ago
Is some kind of smear campaign against Torvalds going on? For some reason I’ve been seeing a lot of this old stuff make the rounds. This one is actually quite harsh (the “moron” bit) and I don’t particularly agree with the hard-wrapping, but I detest the indignation and moral panic that invariably follows… I also detested it back then, but it’s especially disgusting now that he’s mellowed out a bit.
- jeffrallen 10mo agoTorvalds does not really need any help from a smear campaign to come off as abrasive. He is as he is, one of a multitude of different kinds of engineers (indeed, people) one can find I the real world.
- fuzzfactor 10mo ago>when those people with lower standards try to get their commits included in the kernel, I will ridicule them and point out how broken their commit messages or pull requests are. >Agreed?
- wvbdmp 10mo agoSure, but digging up 13 year old stuff still smacks of intention and I generally find it distasteful. What good-faith reading should we apply to this submission? It’s not like Torvalds is going around sweet-talking people into give him money or votes or attention or whatever, in which case I might see some merit in “exposing” him.