The Cult of Torvalds has finally cracked: https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside … This was inevitable, and I've been expecting it. You can't be this unprofessional and expect nothing to happen. It doesn't matter who you are, how much money you have, etc. - there are minimum standards of conduct.
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Replying to @richgel999
Don't be so sure. He needs serious help. He's pedantic to the extreme & happened to just misunderstand humans are behind keyboards. From the last paragraph, nothing will change if he's seriously thinking an email filter will done things. He just needs to not be a 300% jerk.
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Replying to @darksim905
Yea he definitely needs help. Also, he's totally replaceable. He could disappear and the Linux kernel would carry on just fine. The concept of the "irreplaceable 10x programmer" is ridiculous, and has helped enable this kind of pathological behavior. Be professional or get out.
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Replying to @richgel999 @darksim905
I'm not so sure yet whether Linux will be fine. You need someone who swiftly kill the 99% shitty ideas that people come up with every day. I don't believe in consensus-driven software development, especially for such large projects.
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Replying to @FlohOfWoe @darksim905
You can kill most shitty ideas without resorting to unprofessional behavior that pushes developers away. It's ultimately just a large kernel, and plenty of other kernels (and other large pieces of software) are being developed without the process devolving into an abusive cult.
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I would bet that the corporations which fund and develop Linux (and pay this guy's paycheck) finally had enough. Nobody flipflops 180 degrees like this in public unless they were given the riot act by the ones who hold the purse strings.
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