So what? First, if you fly off the handle every time somebody pushes some bad code, you might want to find some help, because it's going to happen a lot. Every

So what? First, if you fly off the handle every time somebody pushes some bad code, you might want to find some help, because it's going to happen a lot. Everybody writes bad code from time to time, and the more people you work with, the more likely you are to encounter cases. Linus is sure working with a lot of people. Second, Linus has always been rude. This isn't because his beloved work of 30 years got sullied, it's because he has a temper and can get away with it. He had that temper back in 1991, and he's been at most slightly successful at tempering it since. He's repeatedly making the choice to be that way. He could choose a different response, but he prefers replying this way, for whatever reasons. You can argue if that is or isn't OK. But either way, it's a choice to be rude, not an innate emotional response because some dirty peon has sullied the œeuvre of the great artist.