development] (fwd)torvalds@transmeta.com: New directions for kernel development] (fwd)

[Mayuresh A Kathe <mayuresh@xxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

That was a piece of hoax...

Where did you ever lay your hands on it from?

Awaiting your reply.

~Mayuresh




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> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:10:54 +0800
> From: Ho Ming Shun <cyph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: slugnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lugs] [torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: New directions for kernel
>    development]
>
> Hi,
>
> Just saw this on the kernel mailing list and I was ROFL. Notice the
Outlook
> mail headers.
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> Subject: New directions for kernel development
> Date:	Sun, 1 Apr 2001 00:05:32 -0800
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> Hi all,
>
> 	Recently, I've been thinking a lot about where Linux development should
> head now that 2.4 is out.  Specifically, I've been thinking about how we
> ought to make some cultural changes as well as technical changes.  Now
I'm
> not *entirely* sure what directions we should head in as we move towards
> 3.0, but I'd like to point out a few areas that need to be addressed as
well
> as propose some possible solutions.  Nothing is set in stone yet, but
these
> are definitely issues we need to work on.
>
> 	First off, I don't like a lot of the elitism that does on among Linux
> hackers.  Just because you can tell what the following script does
without
> executing it, doesn't mean that you're some kind of god.
>
> #! /usr/bin/perl
> @k = unpack "a"x5,'x_,d@';@o = unpack "a"x19,'Q8>tUxLm\@`Y%N@cIq]';
> while ($i<19){print chr((ord($o[$i])-ord($k[$i++%5])+91)%91+32);}
>
> 	Learning to hack Un*x is an impressive accomplishment, but it's closer
kin
> to solving a Rubikís cube than scaling Everest.  If you think using Un*x
> makes you some kind of super genius who should be feared by mere mortals
and
> end users, either get over it or start using *BSD.  *BSD users (and
> developers) are all complete jackasses, so you'll fit right in.
>
> 	Secondly, I'd like to address the issue of cleanliness.  Quite frankly,
the
> standards of personal hygiene practiced by many members of this community
> are simply unacceptable.  As you all know, I am a fairly clean cut,
> well-kempt person (I know, I have a bit of a gut, but compared to Maddog,
> Nick Petreley or ESR, I'm a modern Adonis.), and in the Linux community
that
> is something of an anomaly.  Virtually all users of Linux (and all other
> forms of Un*x) are unkempt, longhaired, beast-bearded dirty GNU hippies,
and
> I am sick and tired of having to deal with them.
>
> 	The person I have the greatest problem with is that (in)famous communist
> RMS.  Now, RMS may have been responsible for GNU, the GPL, GCC and many
> other contributions to the computing community, but his stance, as well
as
> stench, displayed in his essays and actions, nauseates me.  I mean, with
> that filth-ridden beard of his, where does he have room to demand that
> people refer to Linux as GNU / Linux?  When he is as clean-shaven as I,
he
> may claim that right, but until then, he should go back to playing his
> little flute and dropping acid like thereís no tomorrow.  Honestly, if he
> doesnít shut his mouth and go back to reading Marx, Iím going to shut it
for
> him.  I am sorry to sound so harsh, but a little hygiene every once in a
> while is a Good Thing(TM).  Makes me wish I'd gone with a closed source
> license back in the day.
>
> 	Next in line of dirty scuzz-balls I have to deal with, and probably the
> worst thorn in my side, is Alan Cox, the primary coder of my kernel's
TCP/IP
> stack (ha, what a joke!) and all around dirty GNU hippy.  Alan views
> toothpaste the same way a vampire views garlic.  The man's wife (who I
spent
> a few years with at the University of Helsinki) often calls me crying in
the
> middle of the night to complain of the rank, unbearable stench the man
> exudes after sex.  On several occasions at trade shows, exhibitions and
beer
> bashes, I have nearly fainted from the torrent of rotten odor that pours
> from every inch of his toxic person.  Along with the typical GNU hygiene
> (mis)habits he practices, he also bitches and whines about... well,
> everything.  He lies a lot too; evidence for this can be seen in the
fact he
> almost always wears cheap black sunglasses when talking to people he
knows
> are better than him (such as myself).
>
> 	And then we come to ESR. I won't reiterate the sewer-dweller like
cleansing
> habits he practices as well, but I would like to focus on his general
> lifestyle.  I like to refer to ESR as AGB or ìArrogant Gas Baron.î  The
maní
> s flatulence is legendary.  I honestly believe that given a meal of
refried
> beans and a match, he could reach low earth orbit.  If you have to meet
with
> ESR for any reason, arrange for the meeting to be outdoors and try to
stay
> upwind.  And his flatulence isnít limited to his posterior either.
> Frequently it comes out his mouth or even out of his keyboard.  (Those of
> you who have read ìThe Cathedral and the Bazaarî or ìMeditations of
Sudden
> Wealthî will know exactly what Iím talking about here.)   Additionally,
he
> is a complete hillbilly.  You know, the kind that goes to inner-city
> computer stores and buys 386s to set up as servers all over his house,
with
> cigarette smoke-stained 14" monitors piled high upon his kitchen table.
He
> has neither grace nor charm and can't last 15 seconds in conversation
with
> educated company without drifting into a tirade on gun rights or the best
> methods for tanning road kill.  Couple the above facts with his ruddy
> complexion (from drinking Jagermeister like itís water) and his
> child-molester mustache and youíve got the makings of one more person who
> pisses me off.
>
> Well, that's it for now. Hopefully with these feelings off my chest and
into
> the Open Source community, things will change for the better. I'd like
just
> once to talk to a Linux user or advocate who washes and changes their
> clothes at least weekly. Until then, I will be rejecting patches from
anyone
> whose grooming standards do not measure up.
>
> Also, I have submitted this to slashdot with the title "A Proposed Remedy
> Involving Lingering Fud and Organizational Objections to Linux Systems."
 Be
> on the lookout for it.
>
> Thank you,
> --Linus Torvalds
>
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