Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
by supernovae on Monday September 17, 2018 @09:34AM
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There isn't just one kind of asshole :)
I'm more generalizing stuff our industry is bad at accepting because we all know a brilliant asshole who can appear to be nice but is locked and loaded ready to burn you at the slightest whim. In fact, i'd wager that the most difficult people to work with are the ones that can be nice at times because their unpredictability just ads to the confusion & chaos. The worst is if/when they do apologize but don't follow that up with action - i'm thrilled to see Linus committing to action!
Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
by serversystem on Monday September 17, 2018 @07:47AM
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Unfortunately most of the world loves Jobs kind of jerks and hates Linus kinds.
Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
by PedroBatista on Monday September 17, 2018 @09:32AM
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The world "loves" the persona and all the legend around him not the real person because they never had to deal with him other than WWDC and a few sightings in a random coffee shop.
There's a vast difference between a "Steve Jobs type asshole" and a "Linus type asshole". The rants I read from Steve Jobs were all petty, domineering and often arbitrary.
The rants I read from Linus were (mostly) about senior developers who tried to defend broken designs and breaking simple, well thought out rules. They were entirely predictable and avoidable.
The former would suck the life out of me but I wouldn't mind the latter.