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> In my opinion, in the software world, there is a large number of people who are very convinced of their own correctness. When they do something wrong or are simply mistaken, a gentle correction doesn't work.

Too bad there was no around to do that to Linus; maybe he'd finally realize that being an asshole is generally not a correct response.

>>Ar-Cur+(OP)
I think this is generally correct. The argument is "Linux is extraordinarily successful" but I think the counter is just as powerful "How many great features have not been implemented, because people have avoided working on the kernel or simply burnt out?"