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Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date

Posted by timothy on from the angels-on-head-of-pin-typing dept.

thorgil writes "Guessing about the linux-2.6.0 release date is hard, but here is a new angle (pseudo-scientific): I made a graph (gif) based on errors/warnings from John Cherry's (OSDL) compile statistics for linus' linux bitkeeper tree. My guess is around 12th October, 2003. What is your guess and more important, why?"

5 of 313 comments (clear)

  1. My guess by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that you have way too much free time on your hands.

  2. May be a good businessmodel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe a great open source businessmodel?

    1) Do free stuff.
    2) ?
    3) Call your local bookeeper and gamble on kernel 2.6.0 release-date.
    4) Profit!

  3. LaLaLa by NtwoO · · Score: 5, Funny

    PROGRAMMERS DRINKING SONG:

    99 little bugs in the code,
    99 bugs in the code,
    fix one bug, compile it again,
    101 little bugs in the code.

    101 little bugs in the code ...
    (Repeat until BUGS = 0)

    --
    ! /* */
    1. Re:LaLaLa by IWannaBeAnAC · · Score: 5, Funny
      (Repeat until BUGS = 0)

      Which presumably happens when the bug count wraps around from 2^31 to -2^31+1 then up to zero...

      Maybe this is the basis for Microsoft release schedules?

  4. Maybe by thorgil · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe I do... Oh wait... Yeah I do...

    --
    Warning: This sig contains a small bug. ==> *