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Once upon a time on a far distant planet within the galaxy ...

Posted Dec 6, 2004 17:10 UTC (Mon) by copsewood (subscriber, #199)
Parent article: The Linux Kernel's Fuzzy Future (InformationWeek)

There was a Soviet Union which, as every good socialist knew, was going to conquer the universe because of the inherent technical advantages of its 3 year industrial production plans.

LOL.


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Once upon a time on a far distant planet within the galaxy ...

Posted Dec 6, 2004 17:55 UTC (Mon) by emkey (guest, #144) [Link]

Weren't they five year plans?

In any case your point still stands.

The computer industry is so volatile that I don't realistically think that anyone can make promises more then a year or so out and even that is risky.

Once upon a time on a far distant planet within the galaxy ...

Posted Dec 6, 2004 22:54 UTC (Mon) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]

How about 4 year presidential campaign economic plans?

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