[rramadass]

I am not sure why people keep picking on Linus Torvalds. If anything Linus has been extremely patient and accommodating of the thousands of people who do no homework w.r.t. technical subjects before contacting him, or if experienced, make inexcusable (at their level) blunders.

If you approach an expert, you need to be clear in your communication, know the subject you are talking about and in general be aware that experts find trivialities aggravating and are not obliged to suffer your ignorance.