Re: Value of Certifications

From: Sean Hunter (seanh@sportingbet.com)
Date: Sun May 14 2000 - 00:43:08 EST


On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 01:10:33AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Certification will kill the development, once certified this means u have to
> > freze, or get the money for the expensive certifications over and over
> > again... this will force the free software into the commercial hands of
> > companies like SGI.
>
> Certification means SGI and others have to go certify specific versions. THe
> rest of us will carry on regardless, its their problem. As it stands now
> Red Hat typically put out 1 or 2 kernels per release so change them very
> slowly. That doesnt impact Linus's ability to put out 3 a week
>

Exactly, what we would probably find is that one kernel subversion per
major release would get certified.

Sean

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