[Am-info] TORVALDS GETS DOWN TO THE KERNEL

[Fred A. Miller]

TORVALDS GETS DOWN TO THE KERNEL

Posted July 16, 2003 5:00 AM Pacific Time

Life seems to be getting even better for Linus Torvalds.
Having just taken a leave from his "day job'' at chip
designer Transmeta, Torvalds is about to begin a new one at
the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) where he will be able
to focus even more on completing the upcoming 2.6 version of
the Linux kernel. This version is seen by most observers as
critical for Linux to succeed in the enterprise because it is
being refined to work more capably on large, multiprocessor
systems, especially those using nonuniform memory access, and
given significant improvements in scalability and more
reliable performance.

At this week's CA World 2003 show in Las Vegas, Torvalds sat
down with InfoWorld Editor at Large Ed Scannell and Staff
Writer Brian Fonseca to talk about the completion this past
weekend of Version 2.6's first test release; what will keep
him up at night worrying about that test release; his
thoughts about the impending SCO-IBM suit and possible impact
on Linux development; and something of a wish list of
technologies to be included in upcoming versions of the open
source operating system.

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