Re: The direction linux is taking

Dave Jones
2001-12-29T23:47:48Z

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Larry McVoy wrote:

[You liked the ascii, so you get to see it again 8) ]

> > h h h h h
> > \ | | | /
> > m m m
> > \ |/
> > ttt
> > |
> > l
> >
> > h - random j hacker working on same file/subsystem different goals
> > m - maintainer for file/subsys
> > t - "forked" tree maintainer (-ac, -dj, -aa etc..)
> > l - Linus

> In my message above, I specifically asked about any one area, asking if
> there was parallel development in that area. So far, noone has said "yes".
> If the answer was "yes", somebody in your fanin (nice ascii, BTW :) is
> merging. So the answer is either
> If it is "someone", who is it?

Yes.
"m", and to a lesser extent, "t"

Dave.

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