On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 10:02 -0700, Bill Thoen wrote: > On 28-Dec-12 8:27 PM, King Beowulf wrote: > > On 12/28/2012 08:03 AM, MJang wrote: snip > >> > >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1414106 > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mike > > Reading this thread, I think many of you are confused. Perhaps looking > > the whole thread will give a better picture. > > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1413835/focus=1414106
snip > Team members will put up with this style of management only as long as > they believe that the leader can walk on water and that the social value > of being on the elite team remains high. I gather from a couple of other sources that the style depicted in the thread (as a whole) is normal on the kernel list, and has worked now for over 20 years. It's certainly not a style associated with corporate America, or local dot-com startups. It certainly came as a surprise to me, even after reading the Tannebaum-Torvalds debate (where Andy Tannebaum in '92 said that "LINUX is obsolete"), ref http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html (I thought Linus would have mellowed with age.) It suggests that people who want to "help" maintain the kernel need a pretty thick skin. I suspect this "style" will continue as long as there are many qualified developers ready to take their place in the kernel elite. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
