Yep, I remember comments like "You know Linux is good shit because Linus won't tolerate bad patches." There was a "mailing list alpha male" culture back then w

Yep, I remember comments like "You know Linux is good shit because Linus won't tolerate bad patches." There was a "mailing list alpha male" culture back then which inspired a lot of people to join up. Maybe some people didn't like it, but in Linux's case, the cult of personality attracted a lot of followers. Modern Linux dev is mostly a 8x5 job now, so that mercurial king stuff became really tired.