Torvalds Wants Attackers To Join Linux Before They Turn To the "Dark Side" (eweek.com)

darthcamaro writes: People attack Linux everyday and Linus Torvalds is impressed by many of them. Speaking at the Open Source Summit in LA, Torvalds said he wants to seek out those that would attack Linux and get them to help improve Linux, before they turn to the 'dark side.' "There are smart people doing bad things, I wish they were on our side and they could help us," Torvalds said. "Where I want us to go, is to get as many smart people as we can before they turn to the dark side. We would improve security that way and get those that are interested in security to come to us, before they attack us," he added.

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Linus check yourself before you wreck Linux

[Seven Spirals]

Pottering is the #1 reason why smart people leave Linux for the "dark side". If Linus wasn't keeping company with GNOME zealots and Windows-coders his argument might make sense. Best I can tell, BSD is a bigger brain drain on Linux than Windows or OSX. Witness the ZFS-on-FreeBSD beating seven shades of snot out of BTRFS as an example.

Sorry Linus but in the face of all the hard feelings over systemd and other Pottering-style stunts the "attacks" are simply a sign that Linux is no longer the cool OS for 37337 H0x0x0rs, white security researchers, or folks with good intentions wanting to help you hack together your franken-OS. They moved to BSD a long long time ago.

Hello MR. Pot...

[bobbied]

This is Mr. Kettle...

As bright and capable as you are, you do realize that *some* of this is because of your propensity to throw little fits of temper towards your developers, and your "I am Linux, What I say goes" control of the project. Right? I understand that it is sometimes better to just make a choice and go with it, but any time you act like a dictator, expect folks to get a bit miffed with you. Now when you vent on your volunteers, you are just asking to be seen as a capricious despot who is too full of himself.

I'll be the fist to admit that not all of the naysaying is justified, but you have to admit that at least part of this is a reflection of how you deal with people around you... In short, (and I will paraphrase) "You need to treat others better than you expect them to treat you."