From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262471AbUBXVVi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:21:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262472AbUBXVVi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:21:38 -0500 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:20241 "EHLO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262471AbUBXVVf (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:21:35 -0500 Message-ID: <403BC2A9.4040107@techsource.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:31:21 -0500 From: Timothy Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean Fao CC: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64 References: <8D4D7D09D4DA5F41BF3905582CF84ACB5D7068@tbanausc3a.dynextechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <8D4D7D09D4DA5F41BF3905582CF84ACB5D7068@tbanausc3a.dynextechnologies.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sean Fao wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > >>Now, I'm not above complaining about Intel (in fact, the Intel people seem >>to often think I hate them because I'm apparently the only person who gets >>quoted who complains about bad decisions publicly), but at least I try to >>avoid complaining before-the-fact ;) >> > > > It must come with the territory ;-). Your message has already made it to > Slashdot so I'm sure this time will be no different. People always love controversy and contention. This is especially true when the come from statements from "cult leaders" like Linus. Fortunately, Linus is very antithetical to many other cult figures in that he is very much NOT a psychopath. :)