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Cox on Torvalds and Linux Kernel Development
sebFlyte writes "Alan Cox' speech at FOSDEM sounds like it was interesting... according to this ZDNet report on it he has some interesting views. For one, he says: 'Linus is a good developer, but is a terrible engineer.' He also has a few digs at Torvald's methods surrounding security fixes, and some other interesting insights in the kernel development process: 'Sometimes you see a fix and think "this is perfect, move my fix into the kernel tree." Later you think, "I must have been drunk. Don't apply that patch."'"
Linus probably keeps all the secret fixes under his security blanket.
Why thank you. Don't mind if I do. :)
It's an entire manual and not just an article? I'm definitely not reading it now. =p
...at least it didn't say "Cox IN Torvalds"
Life is hard, and the world is cruel
maybe when job interviewers start asking me those behavioural questions about "a time when you've had disagreements and a way of resolving them", there's no need to bring up something too dramatic.
I had a job interview a number of years ago at a video game company. The guy asked me with a straight face what I would do if two of my co-workers was having a fist fight out in the hallway.
I almost blurted out, Does that happen a lot around here? Instead, I gave a safe answer that I would go get a supervisor.
The correct answer was to start taking bets. Go figure.
I was going to mention Sophocles, but then I re-read your word sympathetic.
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That's good, because I'm perfectly comfortable defending myself.
That said, groupies (the female kind) are always welcome.
'Sometimes you see a fix and think "this is perfect, move my fix into the kernel tree." Later you think, "I must have been drunk. Don't apply that patch."'
Nothing has changed. In 1983 one cause of coding (programming) errors had been described as a misfit of perceived and actual reality (Zemarek in Psychologie des Programmierens, S. 111-129, Hrsg. H. Schauer, M. Tauber, R. Oldenbourg, Wien, 1983).
CC.
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Cathedral? The 90's called, they want thier jargon back.
I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
I wonder what distro he runs now.
Hurd?
AT&ROFLMAO
I see through your trick question!
(D) None of the above.
That isn't what Linus does -- he just selects what is best from what the bazaar has produced.
I'm not normally a spelling/grammar nazi, but don't you mean "That isn't what Linus does -- he just selects what is best from what the bizarre have produced"?