2 Feb
2018
2 Feb
'18
4:46 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 04:07:06PM +0100, Steffen
Nurpmeso wrote:
There's about a dozen. They talk. Even Kirk. But you can't expect people
whose time is their own to reply to you on a short timeline. It's not a
reasonable expectation.
That said, I stand by what I said, it's what happened. And it seems to
Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
...
|Here's a personal example of the differences. When I was looking at
|working with Netflix I emailed McKuisik to ask him about some UFS
stuff.
|And this was me, I know Kirk, I've been to
his house, had wine with him
|and Eric. No reply. Ok, I'm old and washed up, I get it.
Even though i have read your message as a maybe even ironic
sharpening, i feel i have to step in and find this hard to
believe. Maybe there have been technical reasons.
I didn't really mean to shine a light on Kirk, I like Kirk, I'm one of
the few people besides Kirk to work on UFS.
be reflective of the BSD "culture", it
appears to be the opposite of
inclusive. Disappointing.
I've had a completely different experience. But when people don't answer, I
ask again. I just just go off and sulk that they were mean to me.
Linux has a very different culture. Everyone is
welcome and they
maintain sanity largely via Linus willing to call a spade a spade.
He doesn't suffer fools but he's willing to engage with anyone until
they prove themselves to be a fool and nothing more.
Sure, if you love a toxic culture that's hard to break through the machismo
when the anointed ones are wrong....
Needless to say, I have a completely different perspective and
two-decades-long experience with BSD and its collaboration.
Warner