The slashdot discussion:
http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/04/11/21/141225.shtml?tid=190&tid=106

> Each version of the kernel requires applications to be compiled
> specifically for it. 

Thats a gem of an FUD!  Imagine having to recompile everything after a
kernel upgrade! lol!

Anshul



On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:31:35 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhay
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Linux could be about to fork. In a worrying parallel to the issue that
> stopped Unix becoming a mass-market product in the 1980s - leaving the
> field clear for Microsoft - a recent open source conference saw a
> leading Linux kernel developer predict that there could soon be two
> versions of the Linux kernel.
> 
> Each version of the kernel requires applications to be compiled
> specifically for it. Today, only one Linux kernel is current but Andrew
> Morton, lead maintainer of the Linux kernel for Open Source Development
> Labs (OSDL), said that he expects the 2.7 version of the platform to
> fork to accommodate large patch sets.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/3jyql
> 
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