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If he had only criticized a monolithic kernel and not general ideas in general, then I would not have criticized him. But he takes a single example of an allege
by wissler 14y ago
If he had only criticized a monolithic kernel and not general ideas in general, then I would not have criticized him. But he takes a single example of an allegedly failed general approach, and then takes a wild leap to the conclusion that all such methodologies are hopeless to try.
The irony is that it's Torvalds who is leaping to wild and unjustified generalizations.
- jbooth 14y agoI read it as, if you have a methodology/ideology as your goal rather than an actual goal, you'll fall short of people who keep their eyes on the prize. I guess it could be read multiple ways.
- wissler 14y agoIf he'd said it like that, I wouldn't have taken exception to his statement. I do agree with him that ideas for their own sake are a bad idea, especially in an engineering context.