SATIRE folks... satire. There's a tag to that effect at the top of the post.

    I have a text editor I’ve been using myself that is so complicated it makes VIM look like Notepad — maybe I’ll release that.

This is interesting. Has Linus talk more about this editor he is using? Maybe if he releases it, the editor will be the new trend he's talking about :D

Linus uses MicroEMACS. This post is satire.

come on... how can you miss the point

Imho, it does not sound like it's Torvalds. I've never seen him talking about node or rails or any other web technology.

It's tagged as "satire" (immediately below the title).

I guess it was good in that it had me going, but the cynicism really made me sad until I realized it wasn't real.

My comment still apply, I guess.

A user once told me my product had no geek cred because it was too easy to use.

Reminds me of: http://joelrunyon.com/two3/an-unexpected-ass-kicking

It sounds quite strange, as martius mentioned Torvalds doesn't speak of other technologies and he is known for using a custom version of MicroEmacs

You can tell in the first line it's a joke.