Re:Linus Torvalds live at Aalto University
by delinka on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @10:30AM
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"... always faces the same stupid questions..."
As is the case with every touring author, artist, or creator with any amount of notoriety. It's much like taking a performance on tour-- same lines, same songs, same sarcastic remarks, same questions from fans ...
Part of the business of traveling and 'performing' for an audience, whether that performance is a presentation/talk, a reading selection from your latest book...
Re:Linus Torvalds live at Aalto University
by reitzensteinm on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @08:44AM
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This is Linus Torvalds we're talking about - he's not exactly known for his diplomacy. I'm pretty sure if he felt the same way, he'd just stop doing them and never look back.
The question about whether he had any failures he wanted to talk about was pretty cool. He said he might like to be a bit of a nicer guy and be less of an angry jerk sometimes, but it's just not within him and he just is the way he is. That was a typical crappy soft question but the answer I thought was worthwhile to hear.
- why he could departure from Linux tomorrow and it would still work,
- why he doesn't use the GPLv3,
- how the stand is about hardware support and drivers,
- why he started Linux,
- was it intended,
- did he want to take over the world, ...
it's really always the same.
This guy has deserved more than having to sit in a room full of jerks that abuse him to get answers to questions that he has already answered numerous times and are all out there.