> You really DO NOT WANT to step on his toes again (and everyone else reading it, too), so in the end Linus' wins. But the person who wrote the code still argu

> You really DO NOT WANT to step on his toes again (and everyone else reading it, too), so in the end Linus' wins. But the person who wrote the code still argued with him. They're still making the same points that they would have made whether Linus were polite or not. Linus is the lead for the kernel project, so at the end of the day he wins regardless.