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Linus Torvalds Suspends Key Linux Developer
alphadogg writes: "An argument between developers of some of the most basic parts of Linux turned heated this week, resulting in a prominent Red Hat employee and code contributor being banned from working on the Linux kernel. Kay Sievers, a well-known open-source software engineer, is a key developer of systemd, a system management framework for Linux-based operating systems. Systemd is currently used by several prominent Linux distributions, including two of the most prominent enterprise distros, Red Hat and SUSE. It was recently announced that Ubuntu would adopt systemd in future versions as well. Sievers was banned by kernel maintainer Linus Torvalds on Wednesday for failing to address an issue that caused systemd to interact with the Linux kernel in negative ways."
When Steve Jobs was in control of NeXT he decreed that the cube must be a perfect cube. Pressing, the most efficient way to create the case, works best with the side a couple of degrees off. Most people would not notice the difference
But this eye for detail that others would miss is one of the reasons for Jobs ultimate success (Taking Apple for near bankruptcy to the most valuable tech company in the world.). You are talking literally about cutting corners. And not doing so is why Apple under Jobs succeeded.
Your claim that it added a couple of hundred dollars to the cost is apocryphal.
When Jobs came back to Apple they had a Board that could stand up to Jobs and make decisions counter to Jobs' wishes. The Board had been doing it for years while Jobs was failing at NeXT. I doubt Jobs "changed his mind". More likely the Board overrode him.
Bullshit. Jobs had been back at Apple 4 years before then. Product decisions were made by Jobs not the board. He would never have taken on CEO without the authority to make all product decisions.
But hey, a hater has to hate, eh?