I dont think that counts as 'people'.    Most introverts have their ( tiny ) circle of friends.    Even the hooker suggestion above, you are choosing when to have them in your bubble, and is not like being tossed in the middle of an office with a bunch of panicked people you dont even know " our stuff is broke ... heeellllppp" .  Or endless meetings as you move up the ladder.   ( i'm thankful i'm no longer a manager. i turned it down at least 2x where im at now.. "thank you, but i like what i'm doing" )

Don't get me wrong, i have worked with a lot of good people over the decades ( both fellow employees or customers when i was contacting ) and have done a lot of good for people, but it would be nice to not have to do it that way. This last year or so, not having to do it in person has been great.  

Sat Feb 13 2021 07:22:01 EST from zooer

There are a lot of truck teams that are spouses. One drives, the other sleeps or is in break mode. 

Did some reading about it the other day, and he was making decent money off speeches and got a few grants. It all went into the bank. You don't have to worry about him, he isn't going hungry, unless he doesn't want to eat since it violates some moral code or something this week.

Sat Feb 13 2021 05:34:16 EST from darknetuser

I have often been wondering this myself.

I bet he is living off the stock investments he made while he was making money as an FSF representative.

:)

Sun Feb 14 2021 13:12:01 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

I'm not really concerned about that. He is a fellow human being and I wish him a healthy and well-fed existence. On the other hand, he is a colossal asshole and I really wish people would stop mistaking him for an open source luminary. His time has come and gone.

Linus has his moments too.

Just not as many. 

Wed Feb 17 2021 09:19:54 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

There's a small number of people who are wired in a way that his rhetoric appeals to them. Beyond that, he's an unmitigated disaster. Boycotting the entire world and having autistic tantrums when you don't get your way doesn't really sell well to the rest of the people.

There's probably some bitterness in there too. It was Stallman who first envisioned the idea of an entire operating system made up of 100% open source software, but Linus Torvalds got most of the credit for that. Part of that is his own fault, though, since he was unflexible and difficult to work with, while Linus was chill and just put together whatever worked.

And in the end, isn't that what we want? Everyone working together? I think Stallman lost the plot somewhere along the line, and now he is living his sunset years as a bitter old lunatic who is the butt of everyone's jokes.

Still waiting on my pinephone..   i think its coming via carrier pigeon. 

Case and screen protector came just now.   At least its a good sign.

Wed Feb 17 2021 17:24:01 EST from Nurb432

Still waiting on my pinephone..   i think its coming via carrier pigeon. 

And then we have Theo De Raadt

I think there is a pattern here :) 

Wed Feb 17 2021 17:19:44 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Linus is kind of an asshole too, but most of the time he gets things done.

I wonder what happens in a few years when all these key ( for better or worse ) people are gone.  Are there really any new ones coming up the ranks or is the movement over once the this batch dies out?

If he's the new leader, then the movement is over.

I guess i should have included that in my question 'people worthy enough to pick up mjolnir'. 

Sat Feb 20 2021 21:19:07 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Of course. Some of them are names you already know. For example, Lennart Poettering is generally agreed to be the up and coming Grand Poohbah of Everything.