Just curious - have you read some of Linus' posts referenced? I personally don't think that a reasonable person who is familiar with such emails could honestly

Just curious - have you read some of Linus' posts referenced? I personally don't think that a reasonable person who is familiar with such emails could honestly say that Linus is not a bully or that such behaviour is ever acceptable. Being in charge of a very important project doesn't make it OK to tell people that they're so stupid they should have been aborted.