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Most of the "Linus being a dick" examples are him being a dick to developers, and several of those cases are "him being a dick to developers because they did so

by akerl_ 12y ago

Most of the "Linus being a dick" examples are him being a dick to developers, and several of those cases are "him being a dick to developers because they did something that affects users". That's the kind of thing that's good for PR more than bad for it, because when Linus rages at a developer for breaking things, a large portion of users think "Linus has my back".

gnuvince 12y ago
And that's not the case with Theo?
- Florin_Andrei 12y ago
  Oh, c'mon, give it a rest. Linus, while not necessarily mild-mannered, "gets" people. Theo sounds a lot like a socially clueless ubergeek. They are both abrasive superficially, but Linus is aware of the "meta", or strategic, level in human interactions, and knows when to back off; Theo is blind to it. That much is obvious even from a cursory glance.