Oh don’t get me wrong, I don’t think it’s a good thing to be a jerk. I’m at a startup now with an extremely nice and respectful culture. That doesn’t mean people keep their opinions to themselves.

You can’t realistically look at engineering culture and say wow here’s a sympathetic bunch who stay quiet when they see something wrong. Just read what industry leaders Richard Stallmen or Linus Torvalds write.

Imagine Torvalds at any conventional workplace. HR on speedial.

I resent Linus being bad-mouthed. Only because he is kinda famous his occasional rant is published everywhere. Normally he's a very laid back and reasonable guy. He's definitely not someone who is toxic in the workplace.

This is the real reason the kernel won't move to Github. ;-)