Linux started on Usenet, and that was the normal communication style. People simply did not take it seriously back then, it was understood to be partly humorous.
Linus doesn't even rant frequently either. People point to the same 10 messages over and over again.
He also tolerates when someone snaps back at him, unlike in projects with double standards like CPython where the old boys can do whatever they like but you are not allowed to criticize back or point out their numerous mistakes, segfaults, threading bugs and generally low code quality.
Linus doesn't even rant frequently either. People point to the same 10 messages over and over again.
He also tolerates when someone snaps back at him, unlike in projects with double standards like CPython where the old boys can do whatever they like but you are not allowed to criticize back or point out their numerous mistakes, segfaults, threading bugs and generally low code quality.