Marcello is not a professional interviewer, if he was, I would expect some great wordy response, which would leave me standing speachless. Instead, he seems to have more of a "cut-the-crap" kind of attitude that will bring the kernel to a new level of stability (which really wouldn't take much for the 2.4 series).
Why judge the guy's ability to maintain a complex technical work like the linux kernel based on an informal non-technical interview?
I am willing to bet that if he was asked to explain how various parts of the kernel work together, that he could give a very reasonable answer, that would leave you with no problem understanding how it works. Now that would be a good base for his ability to maintain a kernel.
First off, I will refrain from comment on your personal attack on me. Which I feel was completely unnessecary.
Second, it was actually the High School that I attended that instilled that thought in me.
Also, what does the fact that I do not have a complete understanding on how the government works reflect intelect? I am sure that there are many things out there that I have more knowledge in than you do, as well as vice-versa, welcome to being human.
Please refrain from personal attacks, especially when they are not warranted.
While I believe that WINE is a great tool (I use quite a bit myself). I hope this doesn't prevent companies from doing a true port over to all the variants of *NIX. I can just hear a company saying, "Why should we? We can just develop our aplications for Windows, then let all the *NIX people run it with WINE if they need it."
This is a problem that OS/2 had, and part of the reason that it didn't flourish as it could have. Companies could develop for the Win16 environment, then market it for both because of OS/2's Win16 compatibility layer.
Anyways, congratulations to Alexandre, and I hope this will help both him and the development of WINE out!
Actually, since Alan Cox is now the official maintainer of the stable tree we might see kernels coming out at this time more often, considering he lives in England!:)
Your assumption is only partially correct, I do admit that I do have deep feelings against Americans, or to be more correct, against people from the United States. The reason for this is very simple, we are arrogant, and our perception of the world is very inaccurate. We believe that other countries are inferior to us. Which in all actuality is quite false. This country would be a lot better if we were to study the ways other countries do things, and emulate them, adding in our own improvements.
As for the arrogance that is blinding me, quite frankly, I really don't know, but since you seem to have this "gift" of making assumptions about people, why don't you tell me?
I'm wondering if you quoted me because you disagree with my statement, which would be rather odd, because you are stating the same as I did with minor variants to what I stated.
Anyways, I do say that I agree completely with your statement.
Actually, I did RTFA, contrary to your ill deduced assuption.
I agree, only someone with a stron anti-American sentiment would write such a comment. Why? Because I am not blinded by American arrogance, believing that that the American school system if far superior in comparison to others.
As stated before, I did read the article, and I agree, this is not about students getting a free ride, this is about students not researching classes before taking them.
I have had this happen to me before as well, but instead of complaining about it, I researched things I did not understand in order to comprehend what was being taught to me, therefore I feel no pity for them, or you.
Next thing you know, the only requirement for obtaining a Computer Science degree will be to know how to turn on a computer. This may seem unreasonable now, but considering that these people think that having a school challenge you, and heaven forbid use your brains instead of putting forth any tiny bit of effort to achieve passing this class, is justifiable for a lawsuit.
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Umm... Mindcraft not Netcraft.
Marcello is not a professional interviewer, if he was, I would expect some great wordy response, which would leave me standing speachless. Instead, he seems to have more of a "cut-the-crap" kind of attitude that will bring the kernel to a new level of stability (which really wouldn't take much for the 2.4 series).
Why judge the guy's ability to maintain a complex technical work like the linux kernel based on an informal non-technical interview?
I am willing to bet that if he was asked to explain how various parts of the kernel work together, that he could give a very reasonable answer, that would leave you with no problem understanding how it works. Now that would be a good base for his ability to maintain a kernel.
First off, I will refrain from comment on your personal attack on me. Which I feel was completely unnessecary.
Second, it was actually the High School that I attended that instilled that thought in me.
Also, what does the fact that I do not have a complete understanding on how the government works reflect intelect? I am sure that there are many things out there that I have more knowledge in than you do, as well as vice-versa, welcome to being human.
Please refrain from personal attacks, especially when they are not warranted.
Hmm... Silly me, I thought that the U.S. laws were meant to reflect the views of the people. Then again, I could be wrong.
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While I believe that WINE is a great tool (I use quite a bit myself). I hope this doesn't prevent companies from doing a true port over to all the variants of *NIX. I can just hear a company saying, "Why should we? We can just develop our aplications for Windows, then let all the *NIX people run it with WINE if they need it."
This is a problem that OS/2 had, and part of the reason that it didn't flourish as it could have. Companies could develop for the Win16 environment, then market it for both because of OS/2's Win16 compatibility layer.
Anyways, congratulations to Alexandre, and I hope this will help both him and the development of WINE out!
Actually, since Alan Cox is now the official maintainer of the stable tree we might see kernels coming out at this time more often, considering he lives in England! :)
Very true!
But then again when was the last time you got SPAM from a bible thumper?
Your assumption is only partially correct, I do admit that I do have deep feelings against Americans, or to be more correct, against people from the United States. The reason for this is very simple, we are arrogant, and our perception of the world is very inaccurate. We believe that other countries are inferior to us. Which in all actuality is quite false. This country would be a lot better if we were to study the ways other countries do things, and emulate them, adding in our own improvements.
As for the arrogance that is blinding me, quite frankly, I really don't know, but since you seem to have this "gift" of making assumptions about people, why don't you tell me?
I'm wondering if you quoted me because you disagree with my statement, which would be rather odd, because you are stating the same as I did with minor variants to what I stated.
Anyways, I do say that I agree completely with your statement.
Actually, I did RTFA, contrary to your ill deduced assuption.
I agree, only someone with a stron anti-American sentiment would write such a comment. Why? Because I am not blinded by American arrogance, believing that that the American school system if far superior in comparison to others.
As stated before, I did read the article, and I agree, this is not about students getting a free ride, this is about students not researching classes before taking them.
I have had this happen to me before as well, but instead of complaining about it, I researched things I did not understand in order to comprehend what was being taught to me, therefore I feel no pity for them, or you.
Is this what the world is turning into??
Next thing you know, the only requirement for obtaining a Computer Science degree will be to know how to turn on a computer. This may seem unreasonable now, but considering that these people think that having a school challenge you, and heaven forbid use your brains instead of putting forth any tiny bit of effort to achieve passing this class, is justifiable for a lawsuit.
Only in the US...