One cannot fork unless the upstream kernel is will not contain the backported functionality... Redhat claims they verify that the backports are accepted upstream before they backport. However, managing this could be complicated.
The reason we mimic existing systems, such as windows and the macintosh, is because Microsoft and Apple have performed years worth of Usability testing. At the very least, we must understand the principles behind the positives of these interfaces and build on the sholders of giants, instead of reinventing the wheel.
Innovation starts with the best of what has already been done.
perhaps also installing relays in vehicles on the highway and forming a dynamic network?
for instance, if every trucker had a mobile 802.11 relay with an enhanced antenna on his roof, then a highway of truckers could form a dynamically changing network. we could increase the range by using a directional antenna aimed down the highway. add fixed hotspots on the roadside to access the internet, and you could relay packets along the highway from car-to-car until you hit a fixed station.
this could be used in combination with the land-network...
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One cannot fork unless the upstream kernel is will not contain the backported functionality... Redhat claims they verify that the backports are accepted upstream before they backport. However, managing this could be complicated.
Innovation starts with the best of what has already been done.
perhaps also installing relays in vehicles on the highway and forming a dynamic network?
for instance, if every trucker had a mobile 802.11 relay with an enhanced antenna on his roof, then a highway of truckers could form a dynamically changing network. we could increase the range by using a directional antenna aimed down the highway. add fixed hotspots on the roadside to access the internet, and you could relay packets along the highway from car-to-car until you hit a fixed station.
this could be used in combination with the land-network...