Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
As someone familiar with LBT&#x27;s mailing list rhetoric since the early days, I&#x27;m guessing a big part of what&#x27;s happening here is that LBT hasn&#x27;t changed the way he communicates but the rest of the world has moved on. And let&#x27;s face it, the engineering and programming world has gotten a lot more politically correct—I think the main factor driving this is the increasing presence of women in technology.<p>What I mean is that it&#x27;s getting less and less acceptable in tech to make excuses for abusing people either verbally or in writing. Back when engineering was almost totally male-dominated, you were excused for using harsh criticism and vituperation at work. Many people, I think, will be glad that sort of culture is going away.