> In my opinion Linus was never abusive or disrespectful - just blunt and direct.

The way he spoke with Alan Cox was "not apropiate".

Not appropriate for what exactly?

Are you serious? Linus has a long history of being abusive, it is no secret. He has gotten better for sure in recent years, but especially in the earlier days he would fairly regularly insult people, tell them to kill themselves because it would make the world a better place, and more.

Seriously? I’m a huge fan of Linus, but you have to be delusional to not find his rants abusive or disrespectful.

Seriously. And I say this because apparently every comment on this thread has to be on either side, with no actions being considered counterbalance whatsoever. So given that I have to pick a side, yep, seriously.

Not as disrespectful as calling those who don't agree with you "delusional".

Of course not.

https://github.com/corollari/linusrants

> we're not forced by law to agree with you

What a bizarre reaction. I’m anonymously commenting on an internet forum, not taking you to court.

> Linus was never abusive or disrespectful

Comments like this support and enable abusive behavior.

> just in case someone gets offended

And this is just plain victim blaming, implying they’re being too sensitive.

Unfortunately, you are so egregiously wrong that it’s futile to engage in further conversation.

I agree, engaging in further conversation would be futile.

could you give some examples of "nice empty words"?