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    [–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It also didn't help that Poettering isn't particularly popular on a personal level. I think there would have been a lot less drama if he had better people skills.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, but to be honest, I would have terrible "people skills" too if people sent me death threats over writing a free software.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

    Doesn't take much to get death threats on the Internet, unfortunately. He probably would have received less of them with a better attitude, though. He wasn't full-on Ulrich Drepper, but still pretty divisive.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

    Yeah he seems kind of like a weirdo jerk.