[adastra22]

The amount of support give by other posters here for Linus’ insane antisocial behavior is crazy.

I would never, ever contribute upstream to Linux so long as Linus is involved. My time is too valuable to deal with his BS.

He should realize the hostile environment he creates drives away contributors.

[WhackyIdeas]

I agree, it is shocking.

And with my other comments being downvoted, it’s incredible that people are so up his arse that they live in a bubble thinking that it’s ok to belittle someone like that.

Imagine working under someone like that… wow.

[db48x]

> …it’s ok to belittle someone…

Did we read the same email? He only commented about how bad the code is; he said nothing about the person who wrote it.

[mkehrt]

Yeah, the replies here are all nuts. Linus is acting like a child. It's completely inappropriate of him to treat anyone like this.

[AlienRobot]

I wouldn't call it "insane antisocial behavior." I have no idea what his personal life is like, but managing the Linux source code isn't socializing, it's a job. You could say he's not very professional in this job, but he isn't doing this to make friends and get along with everybody.

[adastra22]

You are right that it is also unprofessional. But this is open source where social considerations also apply.