Most other people here are discussing the degree to which he was/was not a bully. You've actually hit the nail on the head: this bug submitter is _absolutely right_ (old bug and new bug). Why not also remap ctrl-c to paste and ctrl-v to delete line?
I'm not sure if it is a sense of humor thing, but I don't get anger from his bugs at all. A bit of frustration, and colorful language. But that's not rage.
He's profoundly wasting his time by bothering to talk to Mozilla developers. I learned long ago that they are extremely cliquish, and don't care what you think. They will do whatever they feel like doing, whether or not it makes sense. Personally I quit using thunderbird when they pushed an updated, it broke the client, and their reply on the forum was more or less "too bad, sucker".
I have never commented on an entry on news sites before, and that is the 100% truth. I felt compelled enough to do so now.
That blog entry is the largest load of arrogant, self-indulgent crap I have ever seen coalesced into one place. Either he is doing a piss-poor tribute to the "Bastard Operator from Hell" writings that were common a few years ago.. or he is genuine and the epitome of people I strive to avoid in this industry.
One of the things I like about the web space is that, by and large, I don't have to deal with people like him. They're usually trapped in the lower levels of firmware, device drivers, and OS kernels by choice, because they've hit a sweet spot, built fortresses and refuse to retrain themselves.
I'm not sure if it is a sense of humor thing, but I don't get anger from his bugs at all. A bit of frustration, and colorful language. But that's not rage.
He's profoundly wasting his time by bothering to talk to Mozilla developers. I learned long ago that they are extremely cliquish, and don't care what you think. They will do whatever they feel like doing, whether or not it makes sense. Personally I quit using thunderbird when they pushed an updated, it broke the client, and their reply on the forum was more or less "too bad, sucker".