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Kernel 2.6 in Homestretch, Adopters Waiting at Finish Line

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ZDNet: Torvalds Starts Locking Down Next Linux

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]

“Linux leader Linus Torvalds has moved the development of the
upcoming 2.6 kernel of the open-source operating system to a new
phase aimed solely at making the heart of the OS less likely to
crash.

“Torvalds released version 2.6.0-test7 of the Linux kernel
Wednesday, saying he and 2.6 leader Andrew Morton now are directing
programmers to focus on stability rather than cleaning up the
code…”

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ZDNet UK: New Kernel Set to Speed Linux Adoption

“Linux is ready to spread from Web servers into mainstream
applications at the heart of businesses, according to companies
exhibiting at the Linux Expo in London’s Olympia conference centre
on Thursday…

“It will, say the vendors, be the adoption of version 2.6 of the
Linux kernel that signals the open-source operating system’s
readiness for more mission-critical applications. IBM plans to
introduce the 2.6 kernel into its products early in 2004…”


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