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> "Linus is not your boss." From Dictionary.com, a boss is: 3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My grandfather was the boss
by pmelendez 13y ago
> "Linus is not your boss."
From Dictionary.com, a boss is:
3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My grandfather was the boss in his family.
So, for the people who is working on the linux kernel project, Linus is indeed their boss.
- scotty79 13y agoLinus exercises authority over his project. He decides which contribution to take in and which to leave out. He is a boss of linux. But not the boss of people who contibute because he has no authority over them to exercise.