On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 12:10 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] > i'm waiting for the next generation (non-linux) kernel to come out > that will fix the "linux kernel problems" which is growing into > giant monster, and it's approaching its "getting too old age" > at this point ( 13+ years ) .. most other kernels/os has long > since died off before it got to be 14yrs old This is one of the benefits of Linus never promising backwards compatibility: if it gets old an crusty, rewrite it. Some actively developed OSs that have been around for more than 14 years: VMS (VAX, Alpha & Itanium), z/OS & DOS/VSE (another mainframe OS). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true." Albert Einstein
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