21 Feb
2017
21 Feb
'17
12:14 a.m.
Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
Linus had the qualities of being a good programmer, a
good architect,
and a good manager. I've never seen all 3 in a person before or since.
My memory is different. He claims that his intention is to keep
kernel/userspace interfaces stable, but given the fact that this did never
happen, I tend to believe that he lacks the understanding on what all is part
of the kernel/userspace interface.
He also send me a 10 line patch for cdrtools in 2004 and I did never get a
worse patch (a patch that includes more new bugs) for my software.
So I cannot confirm your view.
He is a person with a strong ego and this may have helped to spread Linux.
Jörg
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