On kernel mailing list behavior

On kernel mailing list behavior

The difficulty of the second approach is it requires someone with outstanding technical ability and social skills without an ego to match.

Do you mean to imply that Linus does not have a huge ego? He does. But he also knows when to admit his own mistakes - and this is rare quality. Usually people either have "outstanding technical ability" or they are ready to admit their errors, guys like Linus are rare, indeed, but it's not because he lacks in an ego department.