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Linus Torvalds Says Linux 4.0 Could Be Out In Three Years

Posted by timothy on from the next-step-only-got-to-3.3 dept.

darthcamaro writes "The wait between Linux 2.x and 3.x was a long one, but the wait to Linux 4? Well, that will only be a matter of three years, according to Linus Torvalds. '"It's just mentally much easier for people to remember the small number," Torvalds said during the LinuxCon conference in San Diego [Wednesday]. "We'll do 4.0 in three years maybe when the sub numbers have grown in the 20's and our feeble brains can't handle it."'"

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  1. Just numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Judging from 3.0 which didn't have any breakthrough features included, this is just silly numbers talk.

    1. Re:Just numbers by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Judging from 3.0 which didn't have any breakthrough features included, this is just silly numbers talk.

      that's exactly what he said, it's just a number.

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  2. Does it matter? by CadentOrange · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're merely version numbers, after all.

  3. 3.20's? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We'll do 4.0 in three years maybe when the sub numbers have grown in the 20's and our feeble brains can't handle it.

    If your numbers are going to be arbitrary, why not roll them over at 3.9?

  4. Re:Firefox by ThePhilips · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is an factually incorrect statement.

    3 years, at 52 weeks per year, is 156 weeks. With a version bump every 6 weeks, in 156 weeks, FireFox would reach version: current version + 156/6 = 15 + 26 = FireFox 41.

    What I'm trying to say here: one doesn't even have to exaggerate...

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  5. Re:Firefox by Filip22012005 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Your mistake is linear extrapolation. Firefox' versioning seems to be exponential.

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