Why is everyone doing this _thing_ now? _Wazoo!_  =]

Brian Riesgraf
Ghost Reactor Industries
www.ghostreactor.com

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Jesse Erdmann wrote:

> It seems to me that this is the way things _always_ have been with
> kernel development. (Not that I'm a kernel developer or hang out on the
> lists)  For the most part these people have been working closely (though
> remotely) for years and have a running dialog for this sort of stuff.
>
> Didn't we (not we TCLUG, we the unwashed technically-inclined masses via
> Slashdot, etc.) have this conversation a year or two ago with regards to
> professionalism and comments in kernel source containing the word
> "fuck"?
>
> Besides... someone else was quoted with the beam o' light from Linus'
> backside comment.
>
> Bill Layer wrote:
>
> > It's very troubling to see the 'man at the top' running off at the mouth
> > like some lamer on IRC or Slashdot. I expected better from someone of
> > rank, I'm sadly disappointed. I mean, I might have sounded off like that
> > once in a while, but then again the world at large doesn't give a fsck
> > what I'm up to... I'm just Joe User, if I act like an idiot I'm the only
> > one who really loses.
> >
> > When I see the sort of exchange that is taking place at the highest
> > levels, the issues that I have with the recent Linux kernels suddenly
> > appear more grave than ever. I've had the fear recently that Linus & crew
> > are losing control of their creation, and this kind of public tirade only
> > deepens my fears for the future of Linux. I hope Linus apologized to Alan
> > for that comment.
> >
>
> --
>
> Jesse Erdmann
> Engineer
> Secure Computing Corp.
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