>
> It's a shame that some people seem to think that lots of hard work
> entitles them to be rude and condescending, while really important
> contributors like Alan Cox, Ingo and akpm can be polite and helpful, even
> when they are correcting someone or disagreeing on an approach to a
> problem.
>
I read an article a while back by Paul Graham (LISP guru, SPAM filterer,
etc.) about Junior High School social dynamics. The people at the top
are confident, while the people in the middle want to climb the
popularity ladder and do so by pushing others down.
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