Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win

An anonymous reader writes "The boys at Intel can't be happy with the latest opposition to the IA-64 instruction set. According to this Inquirer scoop, Linus himself has weighed in, and it appears he's putting his eggs in the x86-64 basket. In the original usenet post, he goes so far as to say that 'We're ... praying that AMD's x86-64 succeeds in the market, forcing Intel to make Yamhill their standard platform.'"

Comments

One endorsement down, one to go

[sgtsanity]

Now if AMD can get the endorsement of "The Carmack", they will really be happy.

Re:One endorsement down, one to go

[CaffeineAddict2001]

Carmack and Linus look very similar. I think they are actually the same person living a double life. He may fool you with that phoney norwegian accent, but I know the truth.

Re:One endorsement down, one to go

[MrResistor]

Whatever, it all sounds like "Mmmm, Bork! Bork! Bork!" to me... ;-D

Re:One endorsement down, one to go

[Anonymous Coward]

Do they (both) speak Classic Phoney Norwegian or Mandarin Phoney Norwegian? I know for a fact (sama Alma Mater, actually) that one of them can utter "Järjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän" ("Due to his/her lack of causing of systematicalisation, I wonder?") in one word and make perfect sense of it ;-)

Could be a reason for the same person's fondness for VLIW :-P

Re:One endorsement down, one to go

[fredrik70]

repeat after me:
shooting someone in the head - good, makes you go to heaven
tinkering with kernels - bad, gives you hairy palms ;-)

Re:One endorsement down, one to go

[Scudsucker]

So which one is the soap salesman?

Momentum

[crumbz]

To me this is an impressive endorsement. Given the overall support that AMD has given Linux over the years, it is great to see a little bit of that given back.

Cool. x86 through 2086!

"Praying?" Hello? First Amendment?

[Anonymous Coward]

You might want to change the title of this story to "Hoping for Hammer to Win." Who's praying? Ever heard of the separation of church and state? Jesus.

Atheists are the last group of people who are still acceptable to oppress.

Re:The problem with Hammer.

[GigsVT]

Yeah, that whole 16 bit to 32 bit transistion never happened either. People just didn't want to update their code.

Linus's Prayer

[markatwork]

Now I lay me down to sleep.... I pray Intel the IA-64 Instruction set to keep. But if Intel folds before I wake, I pray AMD picks up their stake (of the market).

(OK so the last part sucks, but still ....)

Re:Linus's Prayer

[Creepy]

What?!?

Sure you can! Which commandment does that break? Thou shalt not mock scripture? Haven't heard that one... must have been one on the tablet Moses dropped. I give you these 15... smash... 10... Ten Commandments!

Ok, it was funny until some holier-than-thou Anonymous Coward busted a couple of rounds in my ass. Psychotic fundamentalists...

good thing Cowards don't get mod points ;)

Re:Linus's Prayer

[Flower]

I prefer this prayer.

THIS IS MY KERNEL. There are many like it but this one is mine. My kernel is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life.

My kernel, without me is useless. Without my kernel, I am useless. I must compile my kernel true. I must debug faster than the proprietary who is trying to FUD me. I must outperform him before he outperforms me. I will...

My kernel and myself know that what counts in this war is not the bogomips we reach, the cpus we scale, nor the filesize we achieve. We know it is the core dumps that count.

We won't dump.

My kernel is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its modules, its vm, its #defines and its compile time. I will ever guard it against the ravages of binary modules and IP claims. I will keep my kernel efficient and ready, even as I am efficient and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God I swear this creed. My kernel and myself are the defenders of my PC. We are the masters of the proprietary. We are the saviours of my life.

So be it, until there is no proprietary, but Free!

Ok, ok, I admit it needs tweaking.

hammer time

[Anonymous Coward]

please hammer, don't hurt 'em!

So what's next Coke of Pepsi?

[Wizri]

Hey Linus,

What should I drink?

Thank alot,

Wizri,

Linus: Size Pressure on "struct page" due to HIMEM

[coupland]

In shocking testimony uncovered by The Inquirer, Linus Torvalds has publicly stated that the size pressure on "struct page" is largely due to HIGHMEM! This ground-breaking statement was a crushing blow for HIGHMEM fans, but received applause from struct page supporters. More information on this ground-breaking revelation as it unfolds...

:P

Re:what a trashy article

[Anonymous Coward]

yah
if he loses his job i'm sure it'll be hell for him to find another

what with your resume floating around out there and all...

In other news...

[GregAllen]

Linus passed gas yesterday.

Droves of geeks were seen wafting in his wake, hoping to get a whiff.

Must be a slow day for news.

The Other Lord's Prayer?

[randomErr]

Our Linus which art in Santa Clara, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kernal come.
Thy will be done in desktops, as it is in servers.
Give us this day our daily rpm.
And forgive us our crons jobs, as we forgive our cron jobers.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Microsoft:
For thine is the kernal, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why does Torvalds care about some rap crap 'singer'?