* Shridhar Daithankar [linux-india] <26/04/01 13:06 +0530>:
> Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > I may be wrong - but I saw something on linuxtoday.com saying that the 2.4
> > series would continue for some time.
> Sure. 2.2 continued for more than 2 years. 2.4 will continue for almost same
> time. But 2.5 will be kicked off real soon.
I should have added "before the 2.5 is released"
> 2.6 is expected to take as much time because almost all anticipated features are
> enterprise features like built in clustering support, distributed VM etc. Also
> If I read in between the line correctly, the 2.6 deadlines will be much more
> conservatively declared, accounting to the fact that 2.4 was viewed as delay by
They shouldnt fall into the redhat / M$ trap - releasing new version numbers
just because its all the rage.
> More than kernel, interesting thing is going to be Intel/AMD aka
> itanium/sladgehammer war. My guess is intel will be on much more backfoot
> compared to P4/Athlon war. Linux will be only OS available, ready to run on it.
> That will be interesting scenario.
Nah, Intel has more than enough muscle to tide this over, IMHO at least.
But then, this was the case with (say) the PDP series before the PC came on
the stage :)
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