[nycbug-talk] Backwards Compatibility is Important, Linus Knows This

[Matthew Story]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Matthew Story <matthewstory at gmail.com>wrote:

> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/8/495
>
> This was circulated briefly in an OT thread on freebsd-hackers,
>

sorry, it was on freebsd-arch, not hackers ... original thread here:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2012-March/012464.html


> thought it was interesting and then promptly forgot to share it.  Prime
> quote below ...
>
> > We're not masturbating around with some research project.
> > We never were. Even when Linux was young, the whole and only point
> > was to make a *usable* system. It's why it's not some crazy
> > drug-induced microkernel or other random crazy thing.
>
> --
> regards,
> matt
>



-- 
regards,
matt
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