Linus: Guys, I've been an asshole and I'm going to take some time to work on myself. Orange Site: While we appreciate your candor, clearly Linux is a raging success because of your assholery; are you sure you can't keep on being a dick for the greater good?
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He's not getting paid for engineering excellence. He's getting paid for making everyone forget that they're contributing to corporate welfare for free. I guarantee you the big commercial vendors have looked at the expense of his salary and thought "holy crap, that's CHEAP."
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So that continued investment -- picodollars on its actual return -- will continue no matter. Nothing will change in Linux development.
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I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, other than to say that your engineering hours are probably better spent on communities that value you better. FWIW, I hear
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I suppose I'll just keep adding to this thread. Here's
@encthenet with a really good take on the Linux Foundation.https://twitter.com/encthenet/status/1042817358107049984 …Show this thread -
And here's
@mwlauthor with why a lot of people steer clear of Linux because of people like Linus.https://twitter.com/mwlauthor/status/1042782280509517824 …Show this thread
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