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Better question, does Linus ever say extremely nice, encouraging, generous things and make the front page of HN for doing so?
by qntm 11y ago
Better question, does Linus ever say extremely nice, encouraging, generous things and make the front page of HN for doing so?
- reitanqild 11y ago> encouraging, generous FWIW he created (one of?) the worlds most used OS kernels and shared it freely sparking all kinds of projects and businesses. As for the rudeness, I feel that is hugely overrated. Compare hime to someone like the "developer evangelist" who got two developers fired because they said something to each other that s/he didn't like and see what I mean. Edit: comments welcome, I have enough points but I cannot learn what mistake I made if nobody tells me.
- chris_wot 11y agoMaking the world's most used kernels doesn't give you the right to be a bully. Ironically, I largely believe he isn't.
- munificent 11y agoYour quote cut off the critical word "say".
- morsch 11y agoI assume you're being downvoted because you're bringing up a highly controversial issue which is, at best, tangentially related.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoAnd doing so in a way that paints it in the most favorable possible light for one position, in addition to using technical skill as a free pass for them making personal attacks.
- maxxxxx 11y agoI have seen lots of posts where he explains things patiently in a lot of detail. I just wonder if he gets the same tough treatment he gives to others when he is wrong. And if he takes it well. I am assuming that sometimes like most of us he is totally wrong.