Linux was much bigger than him then as well. I'd agree with you that in my world github is more important than git, but in the Linux kernel development world, I believe git is what has allowed Linus to remain very involved, and manage a lot of the commits very actively without becoming a bottleneck.
In other words, I think it's git's invention that makes Linus a bad choice on this list, because that invention has allowed him to continue to maintain a lot of control/oversight over the Linux project.
Linux was much bigger than him then as well. I'd agree with you that in my world github is more important than git, but in the Linux kernel development world, I believe git is what has allowed Linus to remain very involved, and manage a lot of the commits very actively without becoming a bottleneck.
In other words, I think it's git's invention that makes Linus a bad choice on this list, because that invention has allowed him to continue to maintain a lot of control/oversight over the Linux project.