And then I get back to work using his software which I paid close to zero dollars for.
Is there another gift horse whose mouth is so frequently inspected as Linus?
> the enormous contribution to the world of a master craftsman could have been even more enormous
Hardly, it's about the contributions that don't exist from other people because of the insufferable shit-headedness of working with him. But that doesn't matter to you because we can't criticize him now can we? No, we must bend over because he is so much better than us!
I mean at least when the NetBSD group ego-tripped and removed Theo, he had the decency to work on OpenBSD.
People who really want to contribute will find a way to, always. Unless something else is more important to them than contributing.
I've got to say, I find it really hard to take your outrage at a little mild profanity seriously if you so casually use it yourself during normal conversations. To be frank, I think you're just pretending to be offended Linus using profanity.
Have you factored in the opportunity cost of being an ass for decades?