On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Ali Corbin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Denis Heidtmann > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:03 AM, MJang <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Folks, >> > >> > This message from Linus on the kernel mailing list is interesting >> > (warning; language at the link is pretty salty). >> > >> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1414106 >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Mike >> >> This seems to be in sharp contrast to the traditional advice given to >> managers of people: praise in public, criticize in private. Was it an >> error that this appeared on a mailing list? >> >> I am speaking as an outsider not knowing the organization nor the >> organizational relationships here, so please enlighten me. >> > > The LKML is _the_ means of communication among kernel developers. All > info, all questions and all patches funnel through it. And yes, it has > more than its share of flame wars. > > Linus himself will readily speak his mind whenever he sees anyone doing > something stupid. And changing the kernel to break innocent applications > in user-space is a sure-fire way to press his button. > > Ali
I repeat that I do not know the organizational relationships. Are this guys paid or are they volunteers? If they are paid, why not silently fire a guy if he is as incompetent as Linus makes him out to be? Or is Linus exaggerating? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
