On 12/28/2012 08:03 AM, MJang 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 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Reading this thread, I think many of you are confused. Perhaps looking the whole thread will give a better picture.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1413835/focus=1414106 Linushas his moments, but we needa dictator to keep the kernel in line. Otherwise we might as well just run Windows.In this case, there is no corporate HR dept. There are few waysto govern volunteers on a F/OSS project. If they screw up, you can't fire them or give them a bad annual reviewwith reduced raiseetc. The only way that seems to work is bothVERY public praise for a job well done and EXTREMELY public ridicule for screwingup. Anything else just won't work. Since Linux, via Slackware, is my day-to-day OS of choice, a BDFL (1)has certain advantages: stability, don't break stuff when updating. Building a kernel, or an OS, is not what a democracy doeswell. Kernel by commitee? Good grief, NO! -Ed (1) Benevolent Dictator for Life _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
