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> Linux evangelists were far more obnoxious when Linux was first making the rounds.

Yes, absolutely.

> This is just how tech works and how tech people tend to behave.

I really think that that this old guard mentality needs to die out. Rudeness is protected in the industry because we normalize that it's... what, intrinsic to programming? But that just isn't true, and it's harmful to everyone in the field.