linus is a hyperbolic jerk (as he admitted himself for a few months before resuming his hyperbolic ways) who is increasingly out of touch with anything outside the direct sphere of his projects. Like his misguided and completely unnecessary rants about ZFS or AVX.

if there are technical merits to discuss you can post those instead of just appealing to linus' hyperbole.

(I won't even say "appeal to authority" because that's not what you're appealing to. You're literally appealing to his middle finger.)