Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-02 Thread Wayne . Brown
Linus Torvalds wrote: >Virtually all users of Linux (and all other >forms of Un*x) are unkempt, longhaired, beast-bearded dirty GNU hippies, and >I am sick and tired of having to deal with them. I just wish you'd bothered to make all this public sooner. Here I am, having spent the last

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-02 Thread Padraig Brady
I actually agree with most these points, not. Many a true word was said in jest :-) Padraig. Linus Torvalds wrote: > Hi all, [snip] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-02 Thread Padraig Brady
I actually agree with most these points, not. Many a true word was said in jest :-) Padraig. Linus Torvalds wrote: Hi all, [snip] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-02 Thread Wayne . Brown
Linus Torvalds wrote: Virtually all users of Linux (and all other forms of Un*x) are unkempt, longhaired, beast-bearded dirty GNU hippies, and I am sick and tired of having to deal with them. I just wish you'd bothered to make all this public sooner. Here I am, having spent the last couple

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 03:05:47PM -0500, Adam wrote: > BZZT, wrong. Headers were forged intentionally to show pine since it is > what Linus uses. > > I had a joke for this year as well, but I didn't hear back from Linus if > that's cool with him to send it to LKML (I suppose I should have asked

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Adam
> > Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington > > state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this > > April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) > > Yeah, the quality of these jokes has really gone down hill. Last year we > had forged headers and

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (john slee) wrote on 01.04.01 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 01:22:48AM -0800, Richard Gooch wrote: > > Linus Torvalds writes: > > > > Ho, hum. No, he didn't. It's April Wankers^WFools again. > > we aussies are supposed to have a good sense of humour :P

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Ben Ford
Chris Meadors wrote: > On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David Riley wrote: > >> Linus Torvalds wrote: >> >> Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington >> state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this >> April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) > > >

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Chris Meadors
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David Riley wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington > state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this > April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) Yeah, the quality of these jokes has

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread John Jasen
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently, I've been thinking a lot about where Linux development should > head now that 2.4 is out. Specifically, I've been thinking about how we > ought to make some cultural changes as well as technical changes. Now I'm > not

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread David Riley
Linus Torvalds wrote: Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Miles Lane
Linus Torvalds wrote: It's definitely time for you to show up on Saturday Night Live! You are one funny guy. :-) Happy April Fools Day. Miles - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread john slee
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 01:22:48AM -0800, Richard Gooch wrote: > Linus Torvalds writes: > > Ho, hum. No, he didn't. It's April Wankers^WFools again. we aussies are supposed to have a good sense of humour :P j. -- "Bobby, jiggle Grandpa's rat so it looks alive, please" -- gary larson - To

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:05:32AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 > Hi all, This is why OpenPGP signatures must be used more often. PGP signature

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Richard Gooch
Linus Torvalds writes: Ho, hum. No, he didn't. It's April Wankers^WFools again. Regards, Richard Permanent: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

RE: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread George Bonser
So according to the below, Linux development should be considered an environmental hazard? Maybe it is in the best interest of Planet Earth that we should provide some safe place, possibly some South Pacific island, where we could set up a quarrantine camp for hardcore linux developers. All of

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Nikolas Zimmermann
On Sunday 01 April 2001 10:24, A Guy Called Tyketto wrote: > Heh.. > > Not even 5 minutes into the smegging day, and it's already started. > ;) > > BL. 5 mins? In germany ppl fool me since 10 hours :) ;) Bye Bye Niko

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread A Guy Called Tyketto
Heh.. Not even 5 minutes into the smegging day, and it's already started. ;) BL. -- Brad Littlejohn | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Systems Administrator, | [EMAIL

New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Linus Torvalds
Hi all, Recently, I've been thinking a lot about where Linux development should head now that 2.4 is out. Specifically, I've been thinking about how we ought to make some cultural changes as well as technical changes. Now I'm not *entirely* sure what directions we should head in as we

New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Linus Torvalds
Hi all, Recently, I've been thinking a lot about where Linux development should head now that 2.4 is out. Specifically, I've been thinking about how we ought to make some cultural changes as well as technical changes. Now I'm not *entirely* sure what directions we should head in as we

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread A Guy Called Tyketto
Heh.. Not even 5 minutes into the smegging day, and it's already started. ;) BL. -- Brad Littlejohn | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Systems Administrator, | [EMAIL

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Nikolas Zimmermann
On Sunday 01 April 2001 10:24, A Guy Called Tyketto wrote: Heh.. Not even 5 minutes into the smegging day, and it's already started. ;) BL. 5 mins? In germany ppl fool me since 10 hours :) ;) Bye Bye Niko --

RE: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread George Bonser
So according to the below, Linux development should be considered an environmental hazard? Maybe it is in the best interest of Planet Earth that we should provide some safe place, possibly some South Pacific island, where we could set up a quarrantine camp for hardcore linux developers. All of

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Richard Gooch
Linus Torvalds writes: Ho, hum. No, he didn't. It's April Wankers^WFools again. Regards, Richard Permanent: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:05:32AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Hi all, This is why OpenPGP signatures must be used more often. PGP signature

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread john slee
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 01:22:48AM -0800, Richard Gooch wrote: Linus Torvalds writes: Ho, hum. No, he didn't. It's April Wankers^WFools again. we aussies are supposed to have a good sense of humour :P j. -- "Bobby, jiggle Grandpa's rat so it looks alive, please" -- gary larson - To

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Miles Lane
Linus Torvalds wrote: It's definitely time for you to show up on Saturday Night Live! You are one funny guy. :-) Happy April Fools Day. Miles - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread David Riley
Linus Torvalds wrote: Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread John Jasen
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: Hi all, Recently, I've been thinking a lot about where Linux development should head now that 2.4 is out. Specifically, I've been thinking about how we ought to make some cultural changes as well as technical changes. Now I'm not *entirely*

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Chris Meadors
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David Riley wrote: Linus Torvalds wrote: Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) Yeah, the quality of these jokes has really

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Ben Ford
Chris Meadors wrote: On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David Riley wrote: Linus Torvalds wrote: Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) Yeah, the quality

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (john slee) wrote on 01.04.01 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 01:22:48AM -0800, Richard Gooch wrote: Linus Torvalds writes: Ho, hum. No, he didn't. It's April Wankers^WFools again. we aussies are supposed to have a good sense of humour :P Yeah, but

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Adam
Uhm, yeah... I don't know who wrote this, but it came from Washington state and was written with MS Outlook... Something tells me that this April Fool's joke wasn't Linus'. :-) Yeah, the quality of these jokes has really gone down hill. Last year we had forged headers and composed

Re: New directions for kernel development

2001-04-01 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 03:05:47PM -0500, Adam wrote: BZZT, wrong. Headers were forged intentionally to show pine since it is what Linus uses. I had a joke for this year as well, but I didn't hear back from Linus if that's cool with him to send it to LKML (I suppose I should have asked him