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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- I'm too lazy to compose a creative sig, so i stole someone else's. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
