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Re: linux kernel version 2.0.0
On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Moran wrote:
> Hi,
> can annyone tell me why the devlopers of linux jumped
> to 2.0.0 instead 1.4.0??
Linus had some pre-decisions as to where features should be added (I
don't know if he documented it anywhere, though). He gave himself a mark,
that SMP support should be for version 2.0. the problem is that SMP is
still far from usable (not to mention perfect) and 2.0 is buggyer than a
few of the versions that came before it, I suppose Linus just had the
plain tickets to Argentina already bought for this wednesday, so he
rushed it... it is no excuse to name it 2.0 yet... a lot of people just
pressed him to the wall...
Hell, whatever were his reasons, I don't blame him... he is doing an
amazing job, and the fact he does it almost comlpetly alone is even MORE
amazing.
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