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- sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Actually, I think it quite clear that this is Linus telling the critics of the OSS community to go ***** themselves, not an april fool's piece, regardless of the date. I can honestly picture Linus Torvalds (or any linux supporter, for that matter) responding the same way. As such, I think this is a non-joke article about a sarcastic response to a ***** accusation in another article. phew, that was a lot of words, lol.
- 413x, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Don't you people get it? This is a response from Linus to an (ex-)CIOs accusement of Linux kernel hackers not wearing suits and business-compatible clothes. Linus with his funny character ironically responds something like "OMG!! This is so true. We should wear suits and a proper haircut to archieve a better code quality!" So this is _not_ an April's joke!
- atrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Who would have ever though that linus understood fasion...
Matching socks? I dont even wear socks! - manchld, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Is there no place on digg for humor? I'm digging this anyway.
And I believe that even though Linus was pulling our leg, this still counts as news that many diggers would be interested to know as a followup to the previous story of Peter Quinn's harsh appraisal of Linux programmers. Its not just a joke, its irony to make a point.
Get it? - slack31337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I'm not a troll and you are the offspring of parents related before marriage
- linux_pimp, on 10/12/2007, -12/+18i thought this was a April fools piece
- LucasOman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6And you should learn how to swear.
- MacDork, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Einstein didn't wear socks, either.
"When I was young, I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in the sock. So I stopped wearing socks." Einstein was also a fanatical slob, refusing to "dress properly" for anyone. Either people knew him or they didn't, he reasoned - so it didn't matter either way.
Quoted and paraphrased from --> http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19980907140525data_trunc_sys.shtml - kdehead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6CEOs need to get it into their tiny brains that the dude in the swish suit from a "consultancy" is out to rip them off and will give them a half arsed "solution" that will costs billions. Just look at the NHS fiasco in the UK.
Whereas the dude in the sandals, just wants their computer system to work. - DarthTurducken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Duhh...the kid with the blanket on Peanuts!
- dj4site, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Everybody knows that a short haircut and $600 suit will increase your IQ by 20 points !!
Don't these hippy's know anything ?!? - SleeperZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Agreed, Classic. Now all I need is a pair of matching socks... hmmm
- Rice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
- LucasOman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Or you can stop whining and realize that we ARE the gatekeepers. Bow before us or deal with a smaller shell script.
- noGoodNamesLeft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The only justified use of a goatee is to indicate someone's evil twin (e.g. Michael Knight). Everyone else with one should be shot.
That's all I have to say on the matter. - DisgruntledDave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6But it might get you a job and out of your mothers basement. :P
- pfunked, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Except Kernel Hackers aren't selling anything. Let the Red Hat guys that offer corporate support wear suits.
- Crim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I think there is validity in what was originally said in regards to the Linux community. The business community (and the money that goes along with it) still sees Linux as some basement sciencefair project and not as a reputable and useful OS. I can only agree that the popularity of slovenly dress amongst it's community adds to this misconception.
Packaging is what gets your cereal purchased for the first time, not the nutritional content. - fishfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What alternative internet have you been visiting the last 10 years?
- slack31337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3no its not Friday March 31, 2006 (04:00 AM GMT) sure isn't April first ......
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Well sandals aren't bad. It's getting warmer out now. But...still, there's never a time where you can wear both sandals and socks.
- snooo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Mod parent up, it *was* an April Fools peice.
- noGoodNamesLeft, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3To be honest, it would have been a lot more entertaining if Linus simply *had* told them to go ***** themselves.
Firstly because of the response it would have got, and secondly because April Fools articles (which this is) just aren't funny. There are too many of them, and they're not usually clever or inventive enough to make up for the "okay, this must be the obligatory April Fools' article" feeling.
Seriously, they're boring. Reading these articles and remembering that it's April the 1st (except when it isn't) is about as exciting as phoning someone up at work, not getting a reply, and remembering that it's a local holiday where they are.
Bah, humbug. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm definately not a slob, but i do hate business dress. hate it with a passion. Ties turn you into a sheeple, ok?
Part of the reason i got into technology was b/c i grew up watching guys with holes in their jeans and hair down to their ass, walking into a corporate office and making more money than half the pencil pushing pole smoking stiffs that worked the upper floors.
Nothing made me happier on film, than to watch Steve Jobs (the character.. not the person) in the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, prop his barefeet up on a conference table, look at a former IBM employee dressed in a suit, and telling him "you don't belong here" and made the son of a bitch go crawling out the front door with his tail between his legs.
Frankly, a person in a suit, to me, is a person you cannot trust. Think about the people famous for wearing them at all occassions. Businessmen and politicians. Yay, what role models. A sack of f'n liars who'd soon as cut your throat if they thought it'd get them a $ or a vote. - YossarianDent, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5The original comment was real, but if I remember right, it wasn't directed at kernel writers specifically but at the OSS community as a whole. This story, however, if anyone took the time to read it (and see the link to "more humor stories" at the bottom), is clearly a joke.
- enovakrss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4lol, that was funny. digg++
- Nico_, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just had to add this:
I'm currently working on a school project for my comp engi degree with a guy that fits this description perfectly. Long ponytail and the works. He loves Linux and the more un-userfriendly the distro is the cooler it is.... He lacks any team-working skills at all and he would rather make a discussion into an argument than back down.
We are supposed to be coding on a website together but he keeps all the code local on his machine instead of the server we set up. He shows up late every single day and works at home staying up all night. When pull up some code on my machine he gets all agitated and says that if i change anything i have to let him know and i cant add a semicolon to the code without him having an opinion on it. Then he gets all comedian and says he always backs up his code before he lets me touch it, even though he failed his programming class and I did not.
I'm about 2 steps away from beating his face into a pulp. The worst thing about it is that to the other people on the group its looks like I'm always just hanging around his computer and I'm watching him work instead of doing my part.
If this is common behavior in the IT industry for UNIX geeks I'm never ever working with one. EVER - MasterDwarf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The suits need to relax a bit, loosen that tie and hang it around their foreheads. Geesh.
- VStrider, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8There was no such comments by Linus, nor is there a OSDSU.
It was an APRIL FOOLS joke. - CluelessTroll, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3So where exactly, do the pre-midlife crisis individuals (with their shaven heads and goatees) fit into the grand scheme of things?
- Nico_, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Wow that's stupid. Why do you think that because a man wears a suit he knows nothing of programming or networking? You are as bad as the people Linus is mocking..
- spectre_25gt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I share your sentiments about suits, but geez... I still cringe just thinking about that part of the movie. That was harsh.
- framerate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1people who stereotype linux hackers are usually ones with bad experiences with them. were not all like that...well i know a few who are =)
- slack31337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hey I have a shaved head ...... I'm just getting used to it now so when I am bald I won't notice Damn you folicaly (sp?)superior beings go to hell !!!!!!!!!!!
- twollamalove, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Probably Fake? Dude...
- dbalaski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1While funny -- I dont disbelieve it or put it as a April Fool's Joke...
Historically, the Unix market was not well adopted into a lot of industries just for that reason (the famously quoted exec's saying: Unix is a bunch of long haired hippies .... These are the experts ??) .. This seemed to reverse trends in the boom of the 90's
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but I've noticed a trend happening towards a more conservative dress in business again.
Maybe this is a true story -- maybe not ... But it doesnt change the fact that I do see that conservative backlash coming back into play. A lot of business people lost a ton of $$$ in the .com bubble (by their own fault) -- and I think it is coming to play in the industry again.. - wax0r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Shame it's not real - those OS hippies can use a reality check to help them in the real world.
- 413x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1His name is Linus Torvalds. Linux is the kernel. ;)
- LexisNexis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7It's not a April Fools prank...
- smspence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Get a sense of humor you moron.
- FluffyArmada, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Linus talked about how he has no taste in clothing in "Just for Fun".. he also talks about how and why he wears sandals. :P
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"The only justified use of a goatee is to indicate someone's evil twin (e.g. Michael Knight). Everyone else with one should be shot."
There's some guys that look really hot with goatees. - slack31337, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5HOLY you people are freak shows this is a funny quote, i did not post it as a April fools joke, Linus is like that he pokes fun at critics sure the OSDSU is probably fake but get over your damn self. I posted this as a follow up on the previous story pertaining to the pony tail and sock wearing Kernel hackers. Seriously you people who are freaking out over this need to get out of your moms basement and get some sun....
- easy111, on 01/05/2009, -0/+0Linus is the best thing to happen,
http://blogs.ebay.com/timberlineshoes1/ - bitrot, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Really? Do you double-dare him?
- joh6nn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1this happens because while most Digg readers are relatively intelligent, most Digg commenters are dumb as a brick. this same problem occurrs at Slashdot
- nuxx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Linus Is My Homeboy!!1one!1
- mr804, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2This is why real ballers run freebsd
- rafgar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Why are people getting modded down for saying that an satirical story (whether the satire comes from the author or from Linux doesn't make any difference) dated March 31 is an April Fools story? I thought that it was self evident that it was. If Linux said this, I would STILL think it was an April Fools story. The only thing that would change would be the source.
- ChewbaccaUC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That look is the answer to the comb-over of teh 70s and 80s.
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