Quote of the week

Quote of the week

Posted Oct 16, 2006 10:01 UTC (Mon) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063)
In reply to: Quote of the week by tlw
Parent article: Quote of the week

‘If it were simply a matter of changing an identifier here and moving a comma there I could agree with you. But in most cases trying to submit a driver results in a difference of opinion regarding the design of the submitted code; and the only way to win a design discussion is with large amounts of clout.’

No. The way to win a design discussion is with a good design. And that’s why your examples about Hurd, Reiserfs and devfs are so clearly bogus.

You’re right that there is a large element of personal taste involved. But unless a design is actually bad you won’t normally be held ransom to others’ taste if you can justify your own.

One of the good things about Linux development is that it goes largely on the merit of the code, and ‘political clout’ plays a relatively small part in it.

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