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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Linux Is 'Bloated and Huge,' Says Its Creator]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</guid><description><![CDATA[Try hiring programmers for $150K/year instead of a room full of freshly graduated monkeys that don't know what they are doing. Try writing your operating system in assembly code instead of a structured and interpreted language that is grossly inefficient and slow. The problem really come down to the way that the BUSINESS of software gets done.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Millerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 24th 2009 4:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Linux Is 'Bloated and Huge,' Says Its Creator]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's great advice, if you're working on Windows or Macs.<br><br>Since most Linux distro's are free, how the hell are they going to hire $150K/year programs?<br><br>Try thinking about things before you put your moronic thoughts on the internet, please.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 24th 2009 1:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Linux Is 'Bloated and Huge,' Says Its Creator]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know about to the kernel but some distros are defiantly bloated.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 24th 2009 5:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Linux Is 'Bloated and Huge,' Says Its Creator]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mko above makes the point I was going to make, it is mainly the distro's that get noticed as being WAY over-bloated though from Linus' point of view the kernel would look rather bloated compared to what he started with.<br><br>I think you need to look at it comparatively.  Compared to Windows or Mac OS it is still VERY slim and streamlined.  And when you look back to the early versions of Linux it was never the point that it was the MOST streamlined or efficient of all time, it was just that compared to the other major OS' of the time it was better.<br><br>Mainly I think that if you drew a line from where (for example) Windows and Linux were 10 years ago, the gap is definitely narrowing which sort of defeats the purpose that it was originally created for.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Houston]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 27th 2009 5:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Linux Is 'Bloated and Huge,' Says Its Creator]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/linux-is-bloated-and-huge-says-its-creator/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree with article.Linux may not be able to compete with other OS's on compatibility and user friendliness.Therefore it should take advantage of the fact that there is no legacy software and enterprise dependence.Considering that both snow leopard and windows 7 are faster and leaner than their predecessors users have understood that this is the only way forward.Ubuntu 8 has shorter battery life and responsiveness than my windows XP on my microPC (Wibrain).This is the wrong trend...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nirmal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2009 12:12AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
