Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3378 mails)

[Sean Rima <sean-dated-1018102522.a5f295@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Mon, 01 Apr 2002, Mark Hounschell uttered the following:

> Message: 9
> Date:   Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Linux needs new leadership.
> 
> Fellow hackers,
> 
> For some time I have felt unappreciated by some members of the Linux
> community. Far too many of you like to whine and cry, saying "My patches
> aren't being accepted by Linus, but they are by Alan or Michael!"
> It seems that some of you are too stupid to follow the simple
> instructions that I have made clear on more than one occasion.
> This, combined with the fact that today is my last day at Transmeta,
> has prompted me to consider rediscovering that balance I had in my life
> before you all took my hobby and made it into a mass movement. I have
> not decided who should take over maintenance of the kernel myself, for I
> believe that this decision should be made in a quasi-democratic
> fashion. While democracy has not worked well with this group of people
> before, I am willing to give it one last chance.
> 

Thank god April 1 only comes once a year :)

Sean

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  Sean Rima                                http://www.tcob1.net
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