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Re:Linus on "acting professionally" by protomyth on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @09:57AM (#6051865)
> That's why the parent qualified Linus as the leader of one of the most important human endeavors of the last century.

How quickly people forget the Polio vaccine. I don't think Linux qualifies in the top 10, and hyperbole doesn't really help the conversation.

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Re:Linus on "acting professionally" by Goladus on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @02:00PM (#6059137)
> hyperbole doesn't really help the conversation.

Is that so? The issue is manners on a mailing list. Qualifying Linux as a top-10, top-100, or top-1000 accomplishment or whatever definitely seems like quibbling when we're comparing it to a complaint that won't even be a historical footnote.

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