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> Linus said what most free software user feel and wanted to say from the very beginning but neither had the strength or conviction, that Linus has So it takes

• dguaraglia 14y ago
  Linus is one of the nicest people you'll ever see. He's just a massive troll/flamethrower when it comes to online discussions. He acknowledges so himself. I don't mind it, Linux is his baby and if you don't like interacting with him you can just fork it and go your own way. Nothing stopping you. I think nobody takes Linus's insults at face value anymore. I'd actually laugh my ass off if I was a kernel developer and got told off by Linus.
  • DanBC 14y ago
    There is a problem that flaming is seen as normal, acceptable behaviour in some communities. People see Torvalds doing it, they see de Raadt doing it, they see a bunch of people doing it, and so they think it's okay to do it in their email list. This increases developer churn and burnout, and that's not something that OpenSource can afford. I think it's a shame if young people are learning how to collaborate with others from these broken models, rather than learning effective skills. Especially if inter-personal skills are more likely to be weak in the dev community. Having said all that, I kind of agree that it's okay for someone to be an arse on their own pet project. If it becomes unbearable people could just fork it split and the project.