> Didn't they have a falling out with Linus? He had one of his tedious, high-profile, foul-mouthed rants at a RH kernel dev when Linus didn't understand the de

> Didn't they have a falling out with Linus? He had one of his tedious, high-profile, foul-mouthed rants at a RH kernel dev when Linus didn't understand the dev's patches. Is that what you're thinking of? They did give Linus a boatload of shares around the time they were going public.