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Character flawsCharacter flawsPosted May 7, 2009 21:55 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: Debian switching to EGLIBC by NAR Parent article: Debian switching to EGLIBC I still think that PaulWay is right about the first fallacy, but maybe not the way he intended. Sometimes an individual's worth cannot be measured as 100 normal fellows, because sometimes he or she can enable things which were not even feasible before. There is no replacement even with hordes of developers. Think about Science and the contributions of great individuals -- the kind of leap of a Pasteur or a Newton cannot be done by a thousand clever fellows. Engineering is sometimes the same, as is software engineering. About character flaws I think you are quite right. In some contexts buffering the guru is an effective way to dealing with an ill-mannered engineer.
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Character flaws Posted May 8, 2009 1:55 UTC (Fri) by PaulWay (✭ supporter ✭, #45600) [Link]
You raise a great point! I think that's another good reason why saying "well, he's a good coder, so he's allowed to annoy other people" is just wrong.
Have fun,
Paul
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