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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

my homie dhall posted:

i think it’s somewhat funny when linux is an rear end in a top hat to people, but maybe that’s wrong

a lot of his poo poo is really unconstructive and works out very exclusionary, but otoh a lot of open source projects really struggle with any kind of management and overarching vision, and there it is pretty clear that torvalds has helped a lot even when scaling the project up.

i am in present day more impressed with blender, since it seems to be going places with a reasonably cohesive vision without modelling itself clearly on any competitor in particular. no idea who the people are and how they are making decisions though.

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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Optimus_Rhyme posted:

Clearly ESR, case in point from TYOOL 2020:


ugh

well, there's upsides. as he bases the right to wave guns around on this document, and is a well-known rational and thus consistent person, he, being over 45 and no longer part of the unorganized militia, has no doubt gotten rid of his guns.

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