> it's about time the world stop running on a kernel written in 1991 In the spirit of debate only, I observe that the Theseus legend concerns the farmer's axe:

> it's about time the world stop running on a kernel written in 1991 In the spirit of debate only, I observe that the Theseus legend concerns the farmer's axe: replaced the handle three times and the head twice, still a damned good axe. Thus marches whatever software you cite: the legionnaires may die and be replaced but the legion marches on. A lot of the burgeoning cost concerns camp followers rather than the legion itself. You seem to get that in your reference to ecosystems. Having trouble getting water in camp? If your pack animals are dying it's a different concern than your follower's. I mean, whose animals are you going to eat first? I would like nothing better than to be running on a kernel written in 1584. (Arbitrarily chosen year, seriously.)