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[News] Linux Kernel Needs More Testing, Developers Do Not Fear Forking

  • Subject: [News] Linux Kernel Needs More Testing, Developers Do Not Fear Forking
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:02:54 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Linux kernel maintainer allays fears about forking

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| Intel is believed to the top contributor to the kernel and its contribution 
| only amounts to 4 percent, Gordon said. 
| 
| "That means no single organization has the manpower to take the kernel, run 
| off and fork it," said Morton. Forking would not be economically feasible. 
| The only remote possibility of forking would be if a group of organizations 
| controlling about 40 percent of the kernel joined forces and decided to fork 
| it, Morton said. He stressed he sees no chance of that happening.     
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/07/linux-maintainer_1.html

Andrew Morton calls for more kernel testing

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| During the opening keynote at this week's LinuxWorld Expo, kernel developer 
| Andrew Morton called for more assistance in testing the Linux kernel from 
| users, and predicted that virtualization would be the big thing for the next 
| few years of kernel development.   
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118454


Related:

Linux contributor base broadens

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| With more companies funding Linux work, the core hackers now delegate 
| 70% of the coding
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/062807-linux-contributor-base.html

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