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LinuxCon: Kernel roundtable covers more than just bloat

LinuxCon: Kernel roundtable covers more than just bloat

Posted Oct 4, 2009 12:04 UTC (Sun) by fuhchee (subscriber, #40059)
In reply to: LinuxCon: Kernel roundtable covers more than just bloat by simonl
Parent article: LinuxCon: Kernel roundtable covers more than just bloat

"... Too focused on solving customers' immediate needs, and having too little time to go hunt down whatever catches their attention ..."

I suspect it's the other way around. Many customers care deeply about performance, and it is their vendors who must perform code-karate against this kind of "bloat" (slowdown). To justify each new thing, LKML rarely carries data beyond microbenchmarks.


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