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Quotes of the week
What does it mean to say that one is 48% slower? That's like
saying that a squirrel is 48% juicier than an orange - maybe it's
true, but anybody who puts the two in a blender to compare them is
kind of sick.
-- Linus Torvalds
The root cause of this problem: having something called "mode".
Any time we put a "mode" in the kernel, we get in a mess trying to
work out when to set it and to what.
-- Andrew Morton(Log in to post comments)
Quotes of the week Posted Jun 11, 2009 18:15 UTC (Thu) by jd (guest, #26381) [Link]
Maybe we should have the Linus Test for all wannabe kernel developers. Give them an orange, a squirrel and a blender. Those who put both the squirrel and the orange in the blender get sent to Microsoft. Those who hunt through the manual for the correct blender settings for squirrel go to IBM.
Quotes of the week Posted Jun 11, 2009 19:59 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
And those who realize the blender is crap and start assembling their own blender (configured by D-Bus instead of pushbuttons!) will become OSS developers.
Quotes of the week Posted Jun 12, 2009 15:33 UTC (Fri) by regala (subscriber, #15745) [Link]
kind of reassuring to see that Anti-Microsoft warfare comes from the very first comment. some things never change actually. Microsoft should be pitied, instead of being constantly FUDed as much as we were, "they are a lost people".
Quotes of the week Posted Jun 13, 2009 5:04 UTC (Sat) by GreyWizard (guest, #1026) [Link]
A lost people with numerous razor sharp teeth and an inclination to bite. Pity them if you must, but watch your fingers.
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