CNET News: Red Hat Waits for New Linux Kernel to Pop

“An updated version of the heart of Linux is expected soon, but
it could be more than a year before the operating system’s top
seller includes it in its corporate product.

“Red Hat’s newest product for businesses, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3.0 (RHEL 3.0), released last week, is based on version
2.4.21 of the Linux kernel, the core part of the OS. Customers will
have to hold out for RHEL 4 to see Linux version 2.6 in the
corporate product, said Brian Stevens, Red Hat’s vice president of
OS development.

“‘The reality is it’s not ready,’ Stevens said of the 2.6
kernel…”

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