Is Linus euphemistically referring to someone specific there that everyone taking part in the conversation knows the real name of very well and who probably rea

Is Linus euphemistically referring to someone specific there that everyone taking part in the conversation knows the real name of very well and who probably read that comment and recognized themselves, or is the idea of whomsoever decided that that thing should work "one byte at a time" a more diffuse fact that's obscured in history? That makes a difference in that particular situation, I feel.