found this comment in the video titled Linus Torvalds “Nothing is better than C”.
link for privacy-conscious users: https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=CYvJPra7Ebk
image transcription:
a partial screenshot of YouTube mobile app with a thumbnail of Linus Torvalds addressing audience on the top, and comments section at the bottom.
a commenter(@Neurochrom) says, “Is that the id10t who made this horrific os that’s taking over the world by being dumping price and open?[sic]”.
Besides that tragic accident (fuck alcohol) and with all due respect: That guy has his priorities completely messed up.
The moment he got trampled on for asking for support he should have dropped that project. Into a deep, deep pit. Probably would have been hired in an instant for a lot of cash to continue to maintain it under the direction of one of the FAANGs.
I mean, yeah, he has, but it’s still sad, because his library is used by half the internet and yet he can’t afford a lawyer.
If it was me, I’d say “fuck it” the moment it would get in my way, but I guess I’m less of an idealist than the dude is.