[Godel_unicode]

"""My flippant attacks in emails have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal."""

https://www.businessinsider.com/linus-torvalds-linux-time-aw...

[laresistance]

He made those remarks after he pretty much was forced to "professionalize" by The Foundation.

I do agree however that at no times should criticism of code or work become personal.

[Godel_unicode]

I'm not sure what point you're making here? In hindsight, he views his words as inappropriate. I'm not sure I understand what the temporal distance between the words and the apology has to do with how appropriate they were.