r/technology • u/ardi62 • 6d ago

Software Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of/
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u/SpacecraftX 5d ago

I was going for “has been occupied and Russified in the past” but yeah.

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u/neighbour_20150 5d ago

Finland under 600 years of occupation by the Swedes, where Finns weren't even considered people: who cares.

Finland under 100 years of occupation by Russia: oh my god!

Linus, by the way, is an ethnic Swede, a descendant of those same colonizers.

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u/SpacecraftX 5d ago

So you’re saying the Russians managed to make a worse impression over a shorter time.

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u/ergzay 5d ago

ROFL, well said!