...C++ is a horrible language....DRM cannot be...OpenSUSE may suck - I don't know
Missed the point. The point was that Torvalds has a prior record for grandstanding/being outspoken to draw attention to himself/Linux- NOT the subject of the rants
I don't see your point in Torvalds self promotion - I don't think an yt video made for an university should count - you're forgetting the small user base that desktop GNU/Linux based distros have - around 1 %.
Exactly the point. Are you going to argue that Linus Torvolds -in a yt video - is suddenly
not one of the biggest tech related stories on the net at the moment? Do you think that that the same yt video would have received even 1% of the coverage it has if Linus hadn't used an expletive or chav sign language ?
454000+ views for the full version in three days says you're wrong.
apart from a very very tiny population, nobody cares about what Torvalds says. Especially, given the fact that nobody likes rudeness. So again, what self promotion?
This is the internet. Drop an F-bomb and flip the bird and you'll have a following in about 0.02 seconds- if that person is even remotely famous outside their own immediate family, you can guarantee that recognition follows...maybe not to the same degree as Keyboard Cat- but certainly a higher profile than they enjoyed before. Check it yourself...
436,000 references -not too shabby!
So, if you're telling me that just as many people are familiar with the name Linus Torvolds today, as were familiar with him last month for instance, and I see half a million hits or more on YouTube (counting the numerous
short versions)...I don't concur. And if more people are familiar with his name in the last three days -it's almost entirely down to two words and a gesture. Note that people who do this spontaneously generally don't look straight to camera whilst doing so.
Whatever Torvalds said at the end of the video - IT WAS A JOKE DAMMIT!
So what. Are you telling me that people that joke on camera can't be self promoters, or use the media to elevate their profile ?
He doesn't offend people on a regular basis and he doesn't enjoy it!
I like being outrageous some times....I like offending people because I think people who get offended should be offended -Linus Torvolds (from the video)
(Hint - nobody likes to work with a rude person).
Rubbish. A lot of people like working with a rude person- so long as the person being rude isn't directing it at you.