Comment Re:C++ programming cultists? (Score 3, Funny) 191
make xconfig!!!!
Then you probably can claim that Linux is written partly in bourne shell.
Comment it's simply ignorance! (Score 2, Interesting) 90
The kernel devs don't do development on master! However, git's fast-forward-merge will, by default, push development/intermediate commits onto master. Those intermediate commits are extremely useful for code-inspection/code-review and bisect-based debugging. They're are not meant for starting a new dev branch and that why they're not tagged! There's nothing new or interesting in that article other than a bunch stupid comments at the bottom. The whole thing smells like a disguised advertising for PlasticSCM
Red Hat Settles Patent Case 76
darthcamaro writes "Red Hat has settled another patent case with patent holding firm Acacia. This time the patent is US Patent #6,163,776, 'System and method for exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and relational system.' While it's great that Red Hat has ended this particular patent threat, it's not yet clear how they've settled this case. The last time Red Hat tangled with Acacia they won in an Texas jury trial. 'Red Hat routinely addresses attempts to impede the innovative forces of open source via allegations of patent infringement,' Red Hat said in a statement. 'We can confirm that Red Hat, Inc and Software Tree LLC have settled patent litigation that was pending in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.'"
