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A conversation with Linus at LinuxCon JapanA conversation with Linus at LinuxCon JapanPosted Jun 2, 2011 23:00 UTC (Thu) by hisdad (subscriber, #5375)Parent article: A conversation with Linus at LinuxCon Japan
On reflection I think "Linux 3000 version 6" should have been the next step.
--dad
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Versioning with Vision Posted Jun 3, 2011 7:25 UTC (Fri) by leews (subscriber, #4690) [Link]
Windows 3.0 came out in 1988, didn't it?
Well, 23 years! It's about time Linux caught up!
Given this trend, we'll see Linux 3.1 in 2014, then followed closely with Linux 3.11, then Linux 15 will be rushed out in 2015, and then Linux 2020 at the turn of the decade, before it's totally changed to a lettering system with the release of Linux FB (foo-bar) in 2021.
Of course, to keep up with the times, we won't have version numbers then, but kernel-packs, so we'll be using Linux FBKP1, FBKP2, and so on.
I guess he'll tire of that, so we'd switch to using names like Linux Diorama, before Linus realizing that he really likes numbers, so the next releases would be Linux7 and Linux8. "You'll like it!", he says firmly. (R)
Versioning with Vision Posted Jun 3, 2011 13:30 UTC (Fri) by dambacher (subscriber, #1710) [Link]
why should we copy the dammed (marketing)bugs from them?
- in open source we know how to do better
Versioning with Vision Posted Jun 3, 2011 20:12 UTC (Fri) by SiliconSlick (subscriber, #39955) [Link]
To eliminate version surprises for those that already went down that rocky road? :)
Alas, it falls apart since I don't recall Minix 4, 5 or 6, Linux/286 or Linux/386.
SS (who started on that road with DOS 2.0 before finding the bypass somewhere around Linux 2.0)
BTW, +1 (funny) to leews
Versioning with Vision Posted Jun 6, 2011 4:45 UTC (Mon) by leews (subscriber, #4690) [Link]
IIRC, there was reference to Linux/386 waaayy back, but probably not in the context of versions, but architecture.
Let's see...<google>...http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/LDP/LG/issue17/issue17.txt Ah, 1997.
Anyways, it was *very* tongue-in-cheek. But I still hope to be (capable of) using some form of Linux in 2038 when I'm past 70, whatever version it is then.*
*Probably Linux EE (epoch edition) ;-)
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