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Poisonous people

Poisonous people

Posted Jul 16, 2011 13:14 UTC (Sat) by paravoid (subscriber, #32869)
In reply to: Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org) by Pawlerson
Parent article: Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org)

I'm really amazed at reading about the "poisonous people" that Lennart has to go through.

A nice advice on not having to deal with them is avoid speaking like a troll and saying things like "toy OS", "try to hack with only Linux in mind" and marketing-level comparisons of SysV init, upstart & systemd with claims such as "Interfacing via D-Bus: No".


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Poisonous people

Posted Jul 17, 2011 16:59 UTC (Sun) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164) [Link]

haha

yes, I was surprised by that comment too. He shouldn't complain about flamewars as he attracts them like crap attracts flies :D

I surely don't mind his communication style and think it's both fun and useful but it obviously attracts flamewars...

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