Re: A Setback For Linux
<quote who="Adrian von Bidder" date="2005-05-26 17:05:55 +0200">
> > McVoy says BitKeeper lets Linux programmers crank out new versions twice
> > as fast as they could before. BitKeeper also has protected the integrity
> > of Linux. In 2003, BitKeeper detected a "back door" that a hacker had
> > tried to plant into the operating system. Without BitKeeper, Linux now may
> > be more vulnerable to such breaches, McVoy says.
>
> Yeah, sure. BitKeeper has built-in IDS and whatnot. And a builtin coffee
> machine, too, and a Pizza delivery device. Pull the other one.
This is a man whose software was just abandoned by the project he's
claiming he did so much for. Sane people seriously considering using
either Linux or BitKeeper will have to keep that in mind. :)
Regards,
Mako
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Benjamin Mako Hill
mako@debian.org
http://mako.cc/
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