Me thinks we call this irony: the first two posts in this chain asked whom this was pointed at, and suggest Zed Shaw. You make a good point that it might be he who wrote it. ;)
No, Zed is being sarcastic. The post was written by Chris McDonough.
Zed has maintained many open source projects for more than 6 months. Also, if you've met Zed in person, you'll find that he's one of the most considerate and cool people ever.
I'm up-voting this article just because it's aimed at Zed ;)
Dunno, but while the GIL may not be stupid, per se, it sure is a horrible evil bitch kill it now kill it with fire you fools