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Linus Pooh-Pooh's Real-Time Patch

Posted by timothy on from the standoffish dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Speaking with CNet via email, Linus Torvalds appears to be in no hurry to accept the latest real-time patches from embedded specialist MontaVista into the mainstream kernel, at least not "at this time." Nontheless, MontaVista's new open-source real-time Linux project could broadly expand commercial opportunities for the open source OS, especially in telecom initially, where real-time Linux will likely play on "both ends of the wire." For example, Linux is already making progress in smartphones."

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  1. Re:Might not be in a hurry.... by skraps · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe he's just waiting for the right time, not the earliest time.

    Sooo.. Linus is real-time, but Linux is not.

    (yes, my jokes are that lame.)

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  2. Poo Poos? by Swamii · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of smooth-it-over headline is this? Poo Poo? If this were Bill Gates instead of Linus, we'd say he's "blatantly ignoring", "throwing aside", "totally dismissing". But Poo Poo??

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  3. Re:Might not be in a hurry.... by DAldredge · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am almost sure that Linus stated policy on IP violations is to not give a flying fuck till someone bitches.