Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:26:19 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: People need to say "no" |
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Andrej Presern writes: > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > >Now, maybe we're all in space, but we've collectively written or been > >responsible for a fairly large part of the kernel. (As Linus himself > >stated in the last week's NYT Sunday Magazine article about Linux, he's > >only responsible for writing maybe 5-10% of the kernel.) Maybe, just > >maybe, we know something about clean kernel coding style. So when one > >or more folks who have contributed quite a bit to the kernel takes the > >time to look over a patch or a suggested idea, and makes some > >constructive criticisms, don't you think it might be worthwhile to > >listen, and not just depend on throwing shit at Linus and hoping he > >knows how to reject the shit? > > Actually, people bitch at people who say no because they hope Linus > WON'T:-))) After all, they want their stuff IN, not out of the > kernel, and they're ready to discredit and invalidate each and every > authority who draws the line instead of Linus (in other words, the > only authority they are willing to submit and listen to, regarding > Linux, is Linus).
And of course, then there is also the reverse trend for "each and every authority" to discredit some outsider who publishes unpalatable ideas or results.
Regards,
Richard....
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