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To: Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com>
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Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue 
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From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
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Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com> said:

[...]

> Linux is what it is because of design, not accident. And you know
> that better than anyone.

I'd say it is better because the mutations themselves (individual patches)
go through a _very_ harsh evaluation before being applied in the "official"
sources. There is a population of kernels out there (each developer has a
few, distributions check out others, ...), only what survives there has got
a chance to be considered for inclusion.

Sure, this is not the only way Linux moves forward. But it is a large
factor in the success of "Release early. Release often. Take patches from
everywhere."
-- 
Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile                               +56 32 672616
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