I think most people agree with you, he screwed up more with his handling of the situation. Occasional good faith mistakes shouldn’t get people in trouble, but

I think most people agree with you, he screwed up more with his handling of the situation. Occasional good faith mistakes shouldn’t get people in trouble, but he was weaseling. The interesting issue is more of leadership. 1) Is it possible to get equally direct and effective results in a different style? 2) Does Linus care about the answer to question (1), or would he act out of emotion even if he knew knew there was a equal or more productive way?