Linux kernel dev Sarah Sharp quits, citing ‘brutal’ communications style | JavaWorld
More like this on IDG Answers Credit: LinkedIn A prominent Linux kernel developer has stepped down from the kernel community Email a friend From Sorry A prominent Linux kernel developer announced today in a blog post that she would step down from her direct work in the kernel community, saying that the community values blunt honesty, often containing profane and personal attacks above “basic human decency.” Sarah Sharp, an Intel employee who until recently was the maintainer of the USB 3.0 host controller driver, wrote that she could no longer work within a developer culture that required overworked maintainers to be rude and brusque in order to get the job done. She continues to work on other open-source software projects, but says that she has begun to dread even minor interaction with the kernel community. “My current work on userspace graphics enabling may require me to send an occasional quirks kernel patch,Read full article from Linux kernel dev Sarah Sharp quits, citing ‘brutal’ communications style | JavaWorld
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