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Again acting professionally, isn't their job, they are commenting on thread on Slashdot, not on a Github issue or LK mailing list, which is his implied business
by Ygg2 13y ago
Again acting professionally, isn't their job, they are commenting on thread on Slashdot, not on a Github issue or LK mailing list, which is his implied business (as in things that keeps him busy around the day and that he strives to prefect professionally).
It's true we might miss some of the context by not being there, that said, from his previous discussions you can draw a lot of observation that help clarify the current context.
Point of the messages was that him acting "unprofessional" will actually cause the same behavior he is trying to avoid by acting "unprofessional".
- vacri 13y agoOne of the links isn't about professionalism, it's about politeness, and the author is not being polite in return. The 'jobness' of the comment is irrelevant. The other comment spends the first half in character assassination and really gives us no particular reason to consider that author particularly versed in how to behave professionally. The thing is, if you stop and actually read how Torvalds presents himself, it's not just spewing forth expletives. There is a lot of consideration and thought behind what he says. It's just that this hoopla erupts because occasionally an uptight person makes a complete meal of things by publicising one of these comments out of the greater context. It's pretty much textbook yellow journalism.
- Ygg2 13y agoI've read his argument concerning Minix, and I'm pretty sure that entire thread wasn't out of context. It was just him being a douchebag i.e. an annoying, abrasive person.