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Re: [LUG] 20180924 Linux - Linus comment by Dedoimedo , worth while reading
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] 20180924 Linux - Linus comment by Dedoimedo , worth while reading
- From: Eion MacDonald <maceion@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:12:43 +0100
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On 25/09/2018 08:43, Paul Sutton wrote:
>
>
> On 25/09/18 08:28, Tom via list wrote:
>> On 24/09/18 15:13, mr meowski wrote:
>>> On 24/09/18 13:55, Eion MacDonald wrote:
>>>> Is Linux kernel likely to go this way?
>>> No.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> I believe Linus is just taking time out. I think he's getting some
>> 'treatment' for his outbursts but I fear that will not really work as
>> this is not an employer employee situation and some contributors will
>> be offended at their contributions being rejected politely.
>>
>> I look forward to Linus' return and some extreme damning with faint praise.
>>
>> Tom te tom te tom
>>
>>
>
>
>
> I am not sure if Linus is partly Autistic, but people with autism do
> tend to want to do things in a certain way, in fact isn't this trait
> quite common within certain communities such as developers. If you
> were to ask, even on here which is better Emacs or vi(m) you would end
> up with a huge argument.
>
> Most non programmer observers would see that heated argument as rather
> petty, childish or pathetic, however equally football fans argue Man
> United vs Liverpool in the same way which to programmers would be seen
> as equally pathetic as an argument.
>
> I am sure Eric S Raymond says in one of his books that Autism amongst
> programmers is quite common. That trait also allows them to focus on a
> task for long periods.
>
> So Linus expresses his view point and people take offense, if he agrees
> with your input others take offense as they object to that particular
> patch, fix or feature.
>
> So what we end up with is people who are highly skilled, and passionate
> about the cause, but simply disagreeing and the argument gets blown out
> of proportion and the media just like to make it sound far more heated
> than it actually is, taking quotes out of context in some cases.
>
> Just a thought.
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
Concur.
I have a few autistic folk in the circles known to me. Ability to
intensely study and sort what are complex but 'maths' and outbursts on
emotional level seem normal in that way. So I would think Linus and
mild [*] [textual out bursts] emotional handling of folk are in keeping.
Due to experience I use [*] 'mild' as opposed to strong = violent out
burst of control]
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Eion MacDonald
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