The only time Linus gets talked about here is in context of conflicts. This creates a fabricated one sided image of a person who has now given us Linux and Git.

The only time Linus gets talked about here is in context of conflicts. This creates a fabricated one sided image of a person who has now given us Linux and Git. Its not a corporation, the tradition and history is completely different, the levels of formality are much lower and the context and culture is completely new. There is no traditional hierarchy and the authoritarian structure that most including commentators here work under in the corporate world. No one works for Linus and he has zero power over anyone. Commentators pretend its all roses in their world yet the corporate world is full of people who have power over others and are actually abusive. Linus's emails are tame stuff and those casually comparing this to abusive behavior are simply devaluing actual abusive behavior that becomes possible under non transparent authoritarian structures.