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It'd be better if he knew some manners though. I can't believe the amount of people who will most selflessly throw themselves between Linus and criticisms.
by gkya 12y ago
It'd be better if he knew some manners though. I can't believe the amount of people who will most selflessly throw themselves between Linus and criticisms.
- nitrogen 12y agoIt'd be better if he knew some manners though. At some point arguing over manners is like arguing what serialization format is best; it's just another way of exchanging information.
- sjwright 12y agoSure, I'd love to see Linus be more civilized in his criticisms. As it happens, nobody is perfect and I think Linus's imperfections are laughably trivial compared to many other people's.
- watwut 12y agoSome of us have worked for corporation where all problems were sugar coated in nicely sounding phrases. They got hidden so nobodies feelings are hurt and criticized person did not even recognized there is a problem with his work. The whole system becomes dysfunctional in its own right.
- boomlinde 12y agoThere is a difference between sugar coating and showing a basic level of respect. Clearly expressing valid criticism without resorting to vitriolic language is something most people will have to work on, but as you say, it's very important for a functioning workplace.
- gkya 12y agoSo, if we can't work in sublime subtlety, we better become savage barbarians, as if “balance“ was hostile to civilisation. To not insult and to not swear is not to speak in “sugar-coated phrases“.
- jnbiche 12y agoAnd some of us have worked for businesses where everyone is so busy being aggressive and showing how much of an alpha male they are that nothing gets done and all the customers are scared off. Not to mention potential employees. Whether or not Linus admits it, the same thing is happening with the kernel (wrt to contributors, the "employees" of an open source project). I know system developers who could make valuable contributions to the kernel but who refuse to work in that kind of atmosphere. And I can hardly blame them.
- spacemanmatt 12y agoIt's not a matter of manners. Breaking out the strong language is a clear way to separate the technicality from the opinion. People respond to taboo words differently than mundane ones.