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On 2024-10-30, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:55:28 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> I've also read that more was made of this than was intended. So I'm not
>> sure which story to believe. I DO know that at least one Russian kernel
>> developer was blocked from contributing without going through the normal
>> procedures (and without acknowledgment of what he's done for the kernel)
>> by some censor-crazed committee or (probably) some small-minded
>> committee member.
>
> Several developers with .ru email addresses or 'Russian' names were 
> removed. Then Torvalds jumped into it calling anyone who protested 
> 'Russian trolls'. He's a Finn so there is some history there but he should 
> have kept his mouth shut. 

Yes, he should have. I appreciate Linux and the work Linus Torvalds still 
does for it, but if you want an open source OS you've got to separate your 
politics from the technology. That goes for the moron Woke crap as well.

Finland was actually part of Sweden until 1809 when it became part of Russia 
in (I'm guessing) their war with Sweden. The Finns declared independence 
after the Soviet Revolution and, for the most part, the Soviets gave them 
their independence. So, until very recent history, I think the relationship 
was more or less peaceful with a good deal of trade between the two 
countries.

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien