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ACM OSR Linux Issue Available For Free Download
Eric Van Hensbergen writes "In accordance with the ideals of the issue's open source topic, the ACM has agreed to make the July issue of Operating Systems Review: Research and Developments in the Linux Kernel available for download free of charge. It contains a number of interesting papers written by LKML members like Rusty Russell, Paul McKenna, and Eric Biederman as well as academic OS researchers who've made contributions to mainline on topics ranging from RCL, VirtIO, Checkpoint & Resume, to CUBIC TCP, etc. A primary motivation behind this special-topics OSR issue was to help bridge a gap that currently exists between the kernel community and the academic OS research community, by encouraging kernel developers to publish recent additions to the Linux kernel as well as to provide a forum for experience papers which describe the introduction and integration of research into the mainstream Linux kernel. We think it is important for the research community and the kernel community to cross pollinate more and hope this issue will be the first of many venues where the will be able to do so."
It appears they've gone a bit further than just making the latest issue freely available, the archive is also online now. This is awesome, thanks! Many hours of engrossing reading there. :)
Caveat Utilitor
One of the things I love most about the Linux (and general open source) development paradigm is that researcher's get a great platform to start from and when they come up with new advances in OS technology, everyone can benefit from it as soon as its implemented.
Honestly, its the reason I tell people that a Windows/Mac Box is a home appliance and a Linux Box is a computer. When technology advances, Linux advances. Commercial OS vendors might take years to release a version with a new filesystem technology, etc.
Censorship is the opposite of education. If neo-darwinism were defensible, people would not need to try and censor ID.