Oh, c'mon, give it a rest. Linus, while not necessarily mild-mannered, "gets" people. Theo sounds a lot like a socially clueless ubergeek. They are both abrasive superficially, but Linus is aware of the "meta", or strategic, level in human interactions, and knows when to back off; Theo is blind to it. That much is obvious even from a cursory glance.
