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Linux 2.6 Kernel Pool Results

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. A song by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I will troll,
    I will troll,
    The shitty forums of your soul.

    Suck my knob and get it right,
    You don't like to go out at night.
    You're a nerd, I'm a troll.
    Read those forums in your soul.

  2. Hi boys! by Melissa+Bra · · Score: -1, Troll

    See me in my bra HERE.

  3. YOU GOTS IT ALL SAID MY BROTHA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How is this offtopic? Parent mentions both PEE and l00nix, both ontopic.

  4. I PEED IN THE POOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    if you get my drift.. it was warm in that spot for a second

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

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

  6. 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. ;-)

  7. Re:Conspiracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What time guesses? How long he'd spend in your ass at night?

  8. Re:Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I guess that's better than a man who has no poo control.

  9. Re:You mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, that was funny the first seventeen times.

  10. Re:Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No wonder you stink so bad.

  11. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slashbots need love too, you insensitive clod!

  12. GHWAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In all seriousness, you guys are total morons for running an immature OS such as Linux. The real world doesn't work quite this way. If you want to run a true Unix, why not at least give SCO a try? Why use a watered down version of "Unix" such as Linux when SCO etc is the real deal?

    Especially the use of Debian, which is quite possibly the stupidest choice in a distro you can get. I got RedHat 5.0 up for sale on ebay, maybe some of you debian idiots can bid. It'll be an UPGRADE for you.

    In the meantime, bye bye Linux, hello SCO Openserver! At least i'll have a job while you hippies sit at home and eat frosted flakes and play with your hobby OS.

    --DAn RuLso

  13. 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.