Sick indeed
Sick indeed
Posted Oct 17, 2014 23:53 UTC (Fri) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)In reply to: Sick indeed by Wol
Parent article: On the sickness of our community
> From what I gather, when Linus does behave like an a....., two things are almost invariably true.
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> 1) He's dealing with one of his own lieutenants, who he knows well.
> 2) His lieutenant is being somewhat of an idiot.
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> 1) He's dealing with one of his own lieutenants, who he knows well.
> 2) His lieutenant is being somewhat of an idiot.
Can you provide a single example when this is the case?
Also "being ... an idiot" is a somewhat pejorative term and quite unlikely for so-called "lieutenants". "Mistaken", "Misinformed", "Careless" are all quite likely. Whether such behaviour deserves such treatment is, I guess, a matter of opinion.
The most recent example cringe-worthy behaviour from Linus that I have seen was his first line in
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/29/824
That is certainly not a aggressive as some, but it made be cringe, was not aimed at a "Lieutenant" (as I would use the word) and was not a case of idiocy on the developer's part.