Linus Torvalds' BitKeeper blunder

Linus Torvalds' BitKeeper blunder

As a once and future software development manager (boo, hiss!) I've got to say that Linus blundered. Not so mucb in the area of technology (bk was good) or politics (bk wasn't free, and that bit him, but the huge effort and good progress with git/cogito seems to be remediating that issue) but in handling the people involved.

How major this is I've no idea, since I don't have day-to-day contact with any of the principals and people's reactions to poor treatment vary so much. Given time, doubtless their actions will inform us.