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The Evolution of Linux

Posted by michael on from the opposable-thumbs dept.

Taiko writes: "Kerneltrap.org has posted some of the more interesting messages from a recent kernel mailing list discussion. It started with a post on proper indentation, but turned into something a bit more. There are some posts by Linus and Alan Cox about the nature of design, computer science, Linux development, evolution, and more. Quite interesting and funny."

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  1. Heh by autopr0n · · Score: 1, Troll

    I found this quote to be interesting: And don't EVER make the mistake that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback cycle. That's giving your intelligence _much_ too much credit.

    Quite frankly, Sun is doomed. And it has nothing to do with their engineering practices or their coding style.

    --Linus

    I mean he's just so right There's no way that Sn could outlive companies like VALinux or penguin computing!

    --
    autopr0n is like, down and stuff.