If he wasn't communicating through emails, it probably would have been considered as going too far already. And he probably doesn't rant the same way when talking face-to-face with others, or when dealing with people outside of the tech/Linux community.
Re:Linus on "acting professionally"
by grannyg00se on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @12:01PM
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Not so sure. Didn't he tell an entire company to go fuck themselves and throw them the middle finger on public video?
And as a bonus, I think it resulted in a positive outcome.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/06/nvidia-addresses-linus-torv...
You just proved my point. He wasn't talking face to face with an Nvidia engineer and told him "hey, you suck, fuck you!".
He acts like this behind email and a video camera. Maybe he can behave the same way face to face in his very civilized Finland, I don't know. Where I'm from, he would probably get beat-up.
And that's the beauty of the GPL - if you whiny fucks don't like it, fork it.
Re:Linus on "acting professionally"
by VikingCoder on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @10:42AM
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Before that point, it should theoretically be possible to have an intervention for Linus.
For a completely imperfect analogy, it's okay that [project leader X] makes some sexual jokes every now and then. But if he sexually assaulted someone, that would be too far.
Is it possible, in your mind, for Linus to go TOO FAR in one of his rants, what would that look like, and how should people react if it happens?
Sarah thinks it's already happened, that he's already gone too far. Where do you propose to draw the line? Because there I believe there IS a line.