Thanks to O'Reilly for publishing this interesting chapter written in 1999 by Linus Torvalds. Near the end, Torvalds wrote: > ... I don't envision major update

Thanks to O'Reilly for publishing this interesting chapter written in 1999 by Linus Torvalds. Near the end, Torvalds wrote: > ... I don't envision major updates to the kernel. A successful software project should mature at some point, and then the pace of changes slows down. There aren't a lot of major new innovations in store for the kernel. Any Linux kernel developers care to comment on the accuracy of this prediction?