Linux Kernel Vapourware?

Posted Dec 6, 2004 23:59 UTC (Mon) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link]

No kidding. How much of the former Longhorn has been removed (so much so
it's shorthorn now <g>, but that's not an original observation), and how
far has the time slid? What about other major changes? Was Chicago on
time? Wouldn't it have been MSWormOS 93 if it had been? What about the
roadmap saying they were going to unite the 32-bit kernels with what
became MSWormOS 98? That slid past that, past 98SE, past ME and 2K, and
finally happened with the privacy challenged eXPrivacy. (I'd been long
awaiting that change, but was bitterly disappointed when it ended up
coming with invasive technology I simply could not and would not accept.
All the better for me tho, in the end, as it finally pushed me into
defecting to the free software world, something I may have never done on
my own. And no, I never intend to go back, either, except possibly if its
government changes so it becomes a part of the free software world too.)

If we wished, I suppose Linux could have a map of a bunch of stuff that
WON'T be available in three year's time, too. Only we'd have to make it
really ridiculous (OK, I don't think Linux will be handling devices on
Alpha Centauri in three years, since even at light speed, we couldn't get
there by then <g>), because as fast as it develops, we might end up having
the features in spite of ourselves! <g> Anyway, what sort of good would
such a map of stuff that /won't/ be available do?

Duncan