Realtime Linux: academia v. reality

Categorical statements are never accurate in the long term. You can either avoid them entirely which makes life dull, embrace them with unwaivering dedication to avoid the appearance of "flip-flopping", or simply admit when you're wrong and keep going.

The last characteristic is one that's extremely appreciated in a maintainer. It's much more fun to contribute to a project if you think that with a sufficiently compelling argument, you can convince the leadership to agree with you.