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SubjectRe: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML
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On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 11:51 -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> Here's a gem from a senior software developer at Nvidia:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/116960357493251979546/Trolls#5901298464591248626
>
> And another email from a software developer in Portland, where I live:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/116960357493251979546/Trolls#5901288095984358098
>
> On my blog, here's some choice comments, mostly asking me to quit kernel
> development, along with more than a few misogynist comments:
>
> "You volunteered to help out on the Linux journey. He never volunteered
> to care for your feelings, nor did anyone else. It’s an opt-in community
> and you can always opt out at any time. Caveat emptor."
>
> "You’re no one compared to Linus. Start being Alan Cox or Theodore T’so
> first to criticize him for his behaviour."

There is a whole army of idiots out there, we know that. We aren't going to
fix *that*. Was any of the above actually a *relevant* person as part of
our community ? Because non of what we do, say, document, decide, etc...
here will change those idiots.

Cheers,
Ben.


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