Agree, I don't want to start a war about this, I only think it's a bit rash on Linus - if he hadn't replied to those particular posts in a week, and still replied to others (i.e. he wasn't on vacation, and hadn't yet stopped monitoring the thread) -- then maybe I would agree in the 'ignore' part. But never mind, it's not a big deal. I myself certainly don't reply to any and every question right away in threads (mail threads, forum threads, etc).