[Ksummit-2008-discuss] Suggested topic: possible

Matthew Wilcox matthew at wil.cx
Wed Aug 6 11:13:55 PDT 2008


On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 06:48:06PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Of _course_ software can keep pace with developments in the underlying
> hardware. Linux is _very_ good at that.

Linux is ... but people aren't.  Surely you've heard the insane customer
requirements?  "I must be able to run RHEL 3 released eight years ago on
the server I just bought supporting the latest widgets that hadn't even
been designed back then"?

-- 
Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."


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