Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source [LWN.net]

Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

Posted Mar 1, 2011 16:20 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source by daniel
Parent article: Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

In other news, Red Hat employs humans and is large enough (i.e. >1 person) to have office politics. :)

Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

Posted Mar 4, 2011 23:06 UTC (Fri) by yuhong (guest, #57183) [Link]

Yea, no company is perfect, and sometimes mistakes happen.

Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

Posted Mar 4, 2011 23:09 UTC (Fri) by yuhong (guest, #57183) [Link] (1 responses)

I think the key thing is if the incompetent people have learned from this or have left the company.
daniel: Do you know?

Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

Posted Mar 8, 2011 7:33 UTC (Tue) by daniel (guest, #3181) [Link]

<quote>I think the key thing is if the incompetent people have learned from this or have left the compan. daniel: Do you know?</quote>

Some of the worst offenders are still there. From what I have seen, more competent people have left Red Hat than incompetent. I do not think that is because Red Hat has a surplus of competent people.

Then there are some gems who have arrived, like Ric Wheeler. But does Red Hat management realize how lucky they are and are they willing to give him real power, or will they just abuse him and spit him out as I saw happen to a number of good people when I was there? Let's see.