> Why did Linus make such fanfare about his departure I'm not sure he did. AFAICT he wrote an email on the Linux mailing explaining that he was taking some tim

> Why did Linus make such fanfare about his departure I'm not sure he did. AFAICT he wrote an email on the Linux mailing explaining that he was taking some time off and why. He also did an interview or two, presumably because he was asked. He probably realised that a portion of the internet would go bananas but that's not entirely his doing.