At that level There are few if any people that are nice You cannot please thousands of people all the time.
So you just do it your way until it fails. It still working for Linux so I do not think it will change. Kiggundu On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > First saw this on the Register ( > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/16/torvalds_potty_mouty_fight_back/ ) a > while back. The knee-jerk reaction is of course one of "oh Lord, isn't Linus > so full of it!" Personally: > > 1. I think Linus is right. The interests in this OS are HUGE. You can't keep > it ticking along using the politeness of committee. Perhaps there are other, > better, methods, but we don't know what they are yet. And in this instance he > was right. But now look at how we are debating message delivery rather than > message! > 2. In certain projects, there is that person that is special. Unique. You can > work yourself into a lather (because of received democratic sensibilities) > but really it's just a fact. Steve Jobs was unique in the Apple story. Linus > is unique and special in the Linux story. When you have such people, you > learn to accommodate them. To work with them or around them. To eat a little > humble pie. Or go away. The exceedingly left-brained may find this hard to > swallow, but it is the best way. So in Linus's case, you account for his > upbringing, cultural differences, etc., and you shut up and dance. Or go > away. > > I don't think you can do what he does for Linux without being bit of an > a***hole. > > P. > > On Jul 22, 2013, at 13:08, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Whenever we talk of people being rude here, >> I still think no one comes close to the issues here >> http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/22/sarah-sharp. >> I am not even going to mention the style of the OpenBSD crowd. >> >> >> regards >> Joachim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. -------------------------------------- Five solae
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