>Why defend behavior that he himself has agreed is indefensible? Great point and a great link. For someone not as fully immersed in the context of this history

>Why defend behavior that he himself has agreed is indefensible? Great point and a great link. For someone not as fully immersed in the context of this history of Linus outbursts, I found this comment to be the most clarifying and important in the thread. He's essentially being celebrated for behavior that, as you noted, he himself has agreed is indefensible. Just quoting from your link: >This week people in our community confronted me about my lifetime of not understanding emotions. My flippant attacks in emails have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal. In my quest for a better patch, this made sense to me. >I know now this was not OK and I am truly sorry. >The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely. >I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately. Impressively introspective, at least compared to the comments that are the topic of this thread. Fascinating how many people think they're taking Linus' side are taking a side that he wants nothing to do with.