What nonsense. I am Dutch and live in the Netherlands, we are very direct and take little to no heed to hierarchy.
I never said that Linus should be fake friendly. I am saying that swearing does damage to moral and the power of his arguments.
Also, Steve Jobs was a notorious asshole and he is revered in the US despite this. There are countless other examples of CEOs and managers who are more than unfriendly in the US who are looked at as examples of how one should behave to be 'professional'.
Your being 'northern European' has nothing to do with any of what we are talking about. Maybe you can chalk your reaction to your apparent false sense of superiority over friendliness and, it seems, Americans.
I never said that Linus should be fake friendly. I am saying that swearing does damage to moral and the power of his arguments.
Also, Steve Jobs was a notorious asshole and he is revered in the US despite this. There are countless other examples of CEOs and managers who are more than unfriendly in the US who are looked at as examples of how one should behave to be 'professional'.
Your being 'northern European' has nothing to do with any of what we are talking about. Maybe you can chalk your reaction to your apparent false sense of superiority over friendliness and, it seems, Americans.