At least in this thread, the view that his ranting is pointless is in the minority. Most projects don't have the the same constraints and pressures that Linux f

At least in this thread, the view that his ranting is pointless is in the minority. Most projects don't have the the same constraints and pressures that Linux faces - including IBM, Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm all wanting to commit code that benefits their company, but not necessarily the Linux kernel. Linus taking a firm stance on quality helps, I think.