RE: [BK] upgrade will be needed

Hua Zhong
2005-02-15T05:23:11Z

> Linus has never worked on Unix in any form, and most of the
> other kernel hackers hasn't either. Ever.

Huh? I believe they have used Unix, as in the BitKeeper case. In neither
case they get access to the source code of the software they use, to make
the comparison equal.

Whether they used a *free* Unix (and thus whether they could have been asked
to not go write a clone) is another matter.

Hua