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		xentronium on Dec 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On user program breakage from Linux kernel changes I don't understand how linus being a good programmer makes him less wrong. There are a lot of people who are nice and successful software project leaders. Being a dick is not inherent to being successful in the software field.

gbaygon on Dec 24, 2012 [–]

I think that what matters the most about Linus is not being a good programmer (in the beginning of linux maybe it was important) but his capacities for project management, maintaining a vision for so long, and calling shit "shit" when is necesary for the goodness of the project.

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