the article does not claim that they were arrogant in this discussion. It was very much not an article of the "Linus-Torvalds-is-rude" kind but more of a compar

the article does not claim that they were arrogant in this discussion. It was very much not an article of the "Linus-Torvalds-is-rude" kind but more of a comparison of visions. In a way, Torvalds showed with git that he is a good software engineer by putting together established techniques to form an excellent "product". He did not get side-tracked by reinventing the wheel but focused on a useful feature set and a performant implementation. A very good job indeed.