'feminist' developer dictates to Linux kernel development community.

Aaod · 2013-08-23T15:41:04+00:00

On the mailing list, Torvalds was at pains to point out that he did not subscribe to Sharp's definition of professionalism. "Because if you want me to 'act professional', I can tell you that I'm not interested," he wrote. "I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. Because THAT is what "acting professionally" results in: people resort to all kinds of really nasty things because they are forced to act out their normal urges in unnatural ways."

Honestly to me it sounds like she tried to make him play her game and he told her to get bent.

notnotnotfred · 2013-08-23T11:23:55+00:00

What would feminist linux look like?

2013-08-23T14:22:34+00:00

Fuck yeah, Linus Torvalds.

Azrael-sama · 2013-08-23T13:31:07+00:00

The tweet was sent to The Ada Initiative as well, an organisation that claims to be working to increase the participation of women in technology and culture. In recent times, it has become better known for trying to censor discussion at technical conferences on anything with which it disagrees.

That's the real problem here, feminism has gone from being a positive proactive force which made positive suggestions to being a negative reactive force that just criticises everything it doesn't like and tires to censor / brigade anything or anyone is disagrees with.

2013-08-23T18:57:50+00:00

The end paragraph basically sums things up really:

Essentially, Sharp is trying to do what many women are doing these days - push an organisation or project to function in a way that they dictate. Else, well, they will go to sympathetic media organisations and raise a noise, confident in one thing: any criticism of what they do can always be attributed to the fact that they are women. This results in a fringe element indulging in over-the-top abuse which can then be touted as evidence: "See, I told you they were against us because we are women."

DerpaNerb · 2013-08-23T16:44:32+00:00

Anyone surprised? Good on Linus though for not budging.

All these developers, no matter the company that hires them, are all joining the kernel project which Torvalds started. Hence, it is only logical that they adhere to his rules and not the other way around. Sometimes logic seems to evade even developers.

That "does not compute" for women though. Everywhere they enter the surroundings must bend to their will otherwise there will be bitching. And our feminized, gynocentric society is so eager to accommodate that they're used to getting their way. Well, not this time!

hugolp · 2013-08-23T12:29:26+00:00

Feminism is full of pathetic people. And its not just some random bad apples here and there. The whole ideology has attracted these type of people because the way it is.

giegerwasright · 2013-08-23T11:06:31+00:00

Torvolds should just shut the whole thing down. Shutter every aspect of the project and say "Fine. Now it's your turn. Can you do more than bitch?"

Stratisphear · 2013-08-23T17:51:11+00:00

Wait, am I reading the messages correctly? The email that "advocates physical abuse" seems to be along the lines of

"Yah, I'm more careful with the things I develop that you'll review because Greg doesn't scare me as much."

"Dude, Greg is huge. He could probably squish you. You SHOULD be afraid of him."

"Yah. Greg, you should really get more angry with developers. Swear a bit, and shout. You're getting a lot of bugs submitted to you because a lot of people can treat you as a door mat. If you'd be a bit more severe, you wouldn't have so many bugs to fix."

"PHYSICAL ABUUUUUSSSSEEE!!! MISOGYYYNNNYY!!!!"

IdleGod · 2013-08-23T17:55:18+00:00

Yep, when your bullshit doesn't have merit, turn towards the internet to shame everyone involved. This is how women and feminists work.

Geohump · 2013-08-23T21:43:38+00:00

Ja, ja, ja.

This was over weeks ago. been dealt with.

Stop giving her free attention

2013-08-24T02:53:44+00:00

If she doesn't like cursing on the linux mailing list, she's free to fork the code (which is all open source) and create her own linux kernel. No one is stopping her at all.

redditcdnfanguy · 2013-08-23T21:26:45+00:00

There is nothing less sexist than software development. Sure it's full of dorks and nerds but in the end the only thing that counts is does your code run? This is doubly true for online development where on the Internet no one knows you are a dog, but everyone knows when you are a bitch.

rottingchrist · 2013-08-23T17:54:59+00:00

No claims of rape and death threats yet? Come on.

Everything_Is_Rape · 2013-08-23T22:01:53+00:00

every linux kernel is built from rape.

Piroko · 2013-08-23T22:50:59+00:00

Fork off bitch.

cranktheguy · 2013-08-23T15:02:46+00:00

What exactly is the problem here? It seems pretty reasonable to call someone you work with out if you think their behavior is unproductive.

Title	'feminist' developer dictates to Linux kernel development community.
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Date	August 23, 2013 10:48 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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