I think you're attempting a reductio ad absurdum here, but, since your 2nd sentence isn't really true, you haven't achieved the "ad absurdum" bit. Back in the

I think you're attempting a reductio ad absurdum here, but, since your 2nd sentence isn't really true, you haven't achieved the "ad absurdum" bit. Back in the day, yes, the Linux community was indeed quite bothersome. That's why I fairly quickly switched to FreeBSD as my primary OS. I found I had a lot fewer toxic interactions in the FreeBSD community than I did the Linux one. In time, FreeBSD didn't really cut it for me any more, so I switched to OS X. The Mac community does have its incorrigible elements, too, but they are much easier to avoid than they are with Linux, where interacting with the community is a must in order to get help. Yes, these things do have implications for open source communities. Personally, I suspect that, all along, the biggest headwind for Linux on the desktop has actually been that the social environment surrounding Linux tends to alienate people who might otherwise have stuck around to help make it more successful.