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Story: Torvalds gets tough on kernel coders

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>>Perhaps the intention of the author was to provoke a response, similar to what I do now.

Agreed, but ZDNet knows Linux zealot/hater flamewars are some of the greatest ad revenue generators on the internet, and they milk that for all they can. Myself, I tend to avoid articles like this from this site (and it's sister sites), not only because it's so blatently obvious, but the articles don't generally carry much meat of the topic, either. (More news blurbs than "articles", which is alright if you need quick information, not so good if you are interested in the real story.)

The exception is ZDNet Australia, which I read on a fairly regular basis, though occasionally one slips in there as well. I can only suppose Aussies aren't quite as interested in cheesy rumor mills, and that branch has to actually put some effort into their work.

However, as with yourself, I got suckered in, mostly because I had to see if things possibly changed any since the last inflammatory article. Oh well, cheers to all the other suckers like me!

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