I don’t think he regularly lashes out to people in emails, it’s happened a small handful of times in the span of decades.

And the difference between him and your typical product manager is his email chains are public.

> it’s happened a small handful of times in the span of decades.

bit of an undersell... hes famous for it. people have left kernel dev because of it. difference between him and your typical product manager are the internet fanbois who treat him like a god. typical product managers have soft skills. typical product managers are beholden to things like polity, common courtesy etc.

Janet Jackson is famous for her nipple being broadcast on the superbowl, doesn’t mean she does it every day.

except torvalds has been doing it for decades, not one time on the superbowl