On Sunday 11 May 2003 5:58 pm, Tom Emerson wrote:
Who decides 'who is the pro' for each team?
Actually, "the readership" of whomever is doing the reporting -- or maybe (just for laughs) it should be Bill Gates (in person) vs. Linus Torvalds (likewise). BG does (or at least did) have some "technical prowess", but I fear most of it has been directed at marketing and legal shenanigans. Likewise LT is well known for getting this whole thing off the ground, but (as I understand it) he is getting paid to do "other things", so mirco- management of the kernel and/or other test points might not be his strongest suit at the moment. [and actually, there is far more to either Linux or MS-DOS than one man can "keep up with" -- perhaps we could make them team "captains" and have THEM select the team members...]
Actually, I follow the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), and I can tell you that Linus is quite active in quite a number of very technical discussions. He may not have written it all, but he sure knows enough of it to be dangerous. To describe him as being out of touch with the kernel would be, IMHO, inaccurate. -Nick