Cogs can think.

This has to be the best response so far on the whole Linux scheduler and general kernel development attitude.

Everybody here wants Linux to be better. Everybody, me included. Make no mistake. But collectively we should not be in a state of “reaction” to external forces as the only known method of development.

And:

But [Con]’s on *our* side and he got beat down by the Linux kernel community. That’s the tragedy here. He was beaten down by the very people he was trying to help out and support. It should have been handled better.

I respect Linus for his awesome work, and I think in general he’s a bright and pragmatic guy (and I love his stance towards the GPL and the FSF), but on this very issue, he has clearly dropped the ball, as evidenced by the many, many, many complaints by knowledgeable people on the lkml. It’s becoming more and more evident that, as I have said before, Linux kernel development is by no means an open process anymore.