Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do the sane thing”

Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by agumonkey on Monday July 10, 2017 @10:16AM (#14736108)

Fair point, he's not the only coder in his projects, and maybe it's unfair social response that influence me, but his projects always rub people the wrong way, even though they carry brilliant useful ideas. Also if the overall design impede fixing without too much hassle ..

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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by hello_marmalade on Monday July 10, 2017 @12:07PM (#14737163)

He seems to suffer from massive ego. He always assumes that if his stuff is failing, it’s somehow someone else’s fault, and refuses to acknowledge fault even when evidence is presented.

At least that’s what’s been apparent to me from the things that I’ve read by him and about him.

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Re:Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do th... by agumonkey on Monday July 10, 2017 @12:22PM (#14737328)

He often has a lot of good points, but it's not enough when assuming a pivotal role in society. You cannot just be right 60% of the time, because 40% people leftover is far too much. It's saddenning for instance, PA had valueable goals, but if the design assumes hardware that doesn't exist (exagerating) then it's not a good fit for a standard audio stack.

And I'm not sure it's really ego.. I'd rate him at about 0.07geohots.

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