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More Marcelo Tosatti

Posted by timothy on from the kernel-south dept.

Frank writes: "There's an interview over at developerWorks Linux Zone with Linus's latest lieutenant Marcelo Tosatti. He talks about what it takes to be the maintainer of the Linux kernel, what his plans are for 2.4 and his favorite hack." If you missed it, you may also want to visit the answers Marcelo gave to Slashdot readers.

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  1. Re:Gotta represent (er, maintain) by DA-MAN · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got an idea, how about we start a couple of branches and call em....I dunno say NetLinux, OpenLinux and FreeLinux to compete with Linux?

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  2. Good job? by NWT · · Score: 3, Funny

    dW: How will you tell whether or not you're doing a good job?
    Tosatti: When I stop receiving bug reports.

    Score +4, Funny

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  3. Re:Gotta represent (er, maintain) by nickco3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    However, I agree with your central point that Linux does still rely heavily on one man. What happens when he stops running the show is an interesting question ...

    That's easy. The new Kernel King will be Alan Cox, or possibly one of the other members of ZZ-Top.
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  4. Very smart question... by asr_br · · Score: 2, Funny

    dW: ...I read that you had been working at Conectiva for four years, and that you're only 18 now. How old were you when you started there?

    Tosatti: I was 14.

  5. More interviews like this!! by kronstadt · · Score: 2, Funny

    The insight here is just amazing. First question:

    IBM - "What is 18 - 4?"
    Tosatti - "14"