AP/SILive.com: For Linux’s Torvalds, Improved Software Lacks Fanfare

“Whenever a new version of important software is released, its
developers usually try to persuade users of the many exciting
features the improved product contains.

“But when you ask Linus Torvalds, overseer of the Linux free
software project, about Linux 2.6, due out in a few months, he
seems to struggle to come up with a list. And when he does, it’s
distinctly underwhelming–like a new ‘block structure’ to
communicate with disk drives.

“It takes a while to realize that the assumption behind the
question–that new software should always have a blockbuster
collection of added features–runs counter to some of the basic
tenets of Linux…”

Complete Story