Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751324AbVKOBZx (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:25:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751327AbVKOBZx (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:25:53 -0500 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:51680 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751324AbVKOBZx (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:25:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:25:44 -0800 From: Paul Jackson To: Josh Boyer Cc: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com Subject: Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development Message-Id: <20051114172544.31c87778.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <625fc13d0511141632k541fe338wb9a51222f4a0f453@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051114220709.GA5234@kroah.com> <20051114221005.GA5539@kroah.com> <625fc13d0511141632k541fe338wb9a51222f4a0f453@mail.gmail.com> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0beta5 (GTK+ 2.4.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1156 Lines: 30 Josh wrote: > In a community that is looking for the best technical solution > possible, there is no place for ego. No, there is a place for ego, an essential place. Some of the best hackers on lkml have no shortage of ego. They just don't get their ego too closely attached to any particular piece of code or technical position. Rather they take pride in their willingness and ability to find better answers (even in their own work, done five minutes ago ;). I don't normally quote Colin Powell (a recent U.S. Secretary of State), but this one time he said it well: Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. -- Colin Powell Ego deficient pansies risk wilting on lkml. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.925.600.0401 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/