Positive vibes

As an onlooker, the basic idea that the kernel is developed out in the open is an attractive notion, but it’d be really interesting to have the curtains pulled back a bit to see how much actually is somewhat behind-closed-doors/out of the public eye. I would assume some of it would have to be. Given that companies have kernel developers on staff, some of that stuff is gonna be company-internal, of course. But I’m interested less in that part of it. The kernel development project is its own massive social experiment of sorts. Surely human-sensitive things are easier to manage out of the public eye. What else?