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Linux 2.6 Kernel Pool Results

Posted by michael on from the lowered-expectations dept.

jafo writes "Steve Ratcliffe, Master Software Project Estimator, has most correctly estimated the release of the Linux version 2.6 kernel. On January 6, 2001 (within 4 hours of when the 2.6 kernel pool was opened), he entered a guess which was accurate within 15 hours. Check the results for some interesting statistics and submit your guess for the 2.8 pool." See the original story if you like.

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  1. Slashdot. Nerds. And Stuff! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some fool won a betting pool woo-hoo. buy him a cake or something.

  2. Re:I don't get it by fgb · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think Linux may be for people who are, at a minimum, capable of putting a sentence together. ;-)

  3. Re:Interesting statistics... by Tim+C · · Score: 0, Troll

    Obviously some elements of proprietary software development still hold true in OSS.

    You mean shipping later, rather than sooner?

    I suggest you go take a look at soureforge; it's littered with projects that start, get a little way in, and are then dropped, never to be touched again (or in some cases, never even get off the ground). Seems to me that with the exception of a few notable and very large successes (Linux, apache, etc), OSS's record on delivering projects is nothing to be proud of.

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