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This reminds me of stories and discussions about athletic coaches who belittle and insult their players. There is the same sort of division between reactions t
by bmj 13y ago
This reminds me of stories and discussions about athletic coaches who belittle and insult their players. There is the same sort of division between reactions to them...some folks will say someone like Bobby Knight is a great coach and leader of men, while others will call him out as wacko who gets off pushing guys around.
- nknighthb 13y agoThis serves to illustrate the serious disconnect between the Linus the general public sees through these occasional stories, and the Linus people who actually follow kernel development see. Some of the coaches you're talking about display apoplectic aggression as a matter of routine. Linus is never genteel, but his serious rants are unusual. You just don't hear much about him the rest of the time, because most of what he says is completely uninteresting to non-kernel-devs. It seriously skews your perception.