Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off

Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by TomVDB on Sunday September 16, 2018 @08:32PM (#18002216)

There are plenty of people who can deal with a rational explanation about why they are wrong, but who are not able to deal with being bullied.

As I wrote in a different comment in this thread: I would never consider contributing to the kernel because of the chance (minute as it may be) of getting the Linus-of-old treatment.

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Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by jlawson on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:09AM (#18003145)

Use of the word "bully" here is concept creep.

Bullying is a sustained pattern of targeted verbal or physical aggression.

A person insulting your work is not "bullying" unless they're doing it in a targeted, continuous way in order to get at you personally. It's just "insulting".

More on why you should not be using concept creep: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/concept...

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