On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:12 PM, andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov...@gmail.com> wrote: > it's on slashdot, it must be true: > > "During a roundtable discussion at LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon this > afternoon, moderator and Novell distinguished engineer James Bottomley > asked Tovalds whether Linux kernel features were being released too > fast, before the kernel is stabilized. > > Citing an internal Intel study that tracked kernel releases, Bottomley > said Linux performance had dropped about two per centage points at > every release, for a cumulative drop of about 12 per cent over the > last ten releases. "Is this a problem?" he asked. > > "We're getting bloated and huge. Yes, it's a problem," said Torvalds."
And instead of revising the design, I think we're going to see them go for the 2-percent speedups here and there. Another thing they won't consider is having separate versions for high-end servers and PCs. I don't understand why Torvalds thinks Linux has to be all things to all people. > > well, not really slashdot: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/22/linus_torvalds_linux_bloated_huge/ > > Ron, did you throw anything at Linus while you were there? :) > >
