Comment by weinzierl
10 months ago
Reading this I cannot help thinking about what Linus Torvalds said more than 20 years ago[1] in an interview.
When asked if he feared competition for Linux his answer was that few liked writing device drivers and as long as no one "young and hungry" came along that could write device drivers and liked it he'd be safe.
There you have him, Hector Martin, young[2] and hungry and loves writing drivers. No surprise he clashes with the old guard.
[1] I don't remember the date but it was still on analog TV, so definitely more than 20 years.
[2] At least a different generation from Linus and could easily be his son. Young enough for generational conflict at any rate.
But this conflict isn't about competing with Linux, it's about having a vision for what Linux should be that clashes with the core maintainers' vision.
They aren't competing with Linux though.
But maybe they should be.