Did it? Or was this part of a wakeup call that Torvalds needed to change things? If this exchange, or a similar one, had not taken place, would things be the w

Did it? Or was this part of a wakeup call that Torvalds needed to change things? If this exchange, or a similar one, had not taken place, would things be the way they are today? Or would the predictions of this email have come to fruition?