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Microbe Mat the Size of Greece Discovered In the Sea 135

Posted by kdawson on Sunday April 18, 2010 @05:01PM from the davy-jones's-blanket dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A mat of microbes the size of Greece has been discovered on the sea floor off the Pacific coast of South America. 'These tiny creatures can join together to create some of the largest masses of life on the planet... A single liter of seawater, once thought to contain about 100,000 microbes, can actually hold more than one billion microorganisms...'"

Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers 742

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday April 18, 2010 @01:33PM from the beards-are-going-out-of-style dept.

judeancodersfront writes "Jonathan Corbet recently pointed out at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit that the Linux kernel team was getting older and not attracting young developers. This article suggests the Linux kernel no longer has the same appeal to young open source developers that it did 10 years ago. Could it be that the massive code base and declining sense of community from corporate involvement has driven young open source programmers elsewhere?"

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