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[–] 89 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, Linus today is nothing like Linus in the 90s/00s

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  • [–] 76 points 2 months ago

    You also have to remember that he made an OS as a hobby project and suddenly everyone wanted to mess with it. It was the Wild West of decentralized project management in those days, I don’t condone any of that unprofessional behavior but I’m also not in the least bit fucking surprised that he had very personal rage-out moments as unsolicited criticism poured in from around the world, constructive and well intentioned or not. That’s a lot of unexpected pressure.

    He got better, which implies to me that he wants to be a good person; and that’s all we can really ask of anyone.

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