Re: Linus v2.0 released (Male?)
Neil Moore (amethyst@valjean.sfhs.floyd.k12.ky.us)
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:35:40 -0500
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> On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Erik Troan wrote:
> > > Congratulations, and we're all waiting for a new male version (perhaps
> > > v2.1? nah, it's gotta be 2.2 at least) :-))
>
> <anti-sexist>
>
> Why is it called "male"? If you happen to be making a refrence to the
> stable kernels being "male" and the unstable ones being "female", I'd like
> you to know that its hard enough being a female in the world of linux and
> that this concept/refrence is quite rude and unfair, however funny you may
> have found it.
>
> </anti-sexist>
>
> > Definitely. Any new male version will be under development for quite a while!
> > It'll probably take *years* to mature into anything resembling a stable
> > version.
>
> See the above. I am confused.
Read the Subject: carefully. It says `Linus 2.0', not `Linux 2.0'.
Draw your own conclusions :)
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-Neil Moore http://www.sfhs.floyd.k12.ky.us/~amethyst
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