Since other people have responded to the parent by saying he's making it up... no, he's not. Abusiveness is prevalent in my experience throughout Linux and open

Since other people have responded to the parent by saying he's making it up... no, he's not. Abusiveness is prevalent in my experience throughout Linux and open source culture. For example, getting flamed for asking reasonable questions at a point where it makes more sense to ask than to keep digging. Sometimes people deserve it, but often times they just don't. The people doing this are not paragons of judgement like Linus (arguably) is.