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shhhhh happy
hush, hush happy
However you'd like to nitpick at it, it works and it works Very well.
Let's not change that.
Add to it, if you wish.
If I'd started a OS, and invited everyone to add to my kernel, and it blossomed into what Linux is today, I, too, would be Very Wary of just sticking any and every patch onto the kernel contributed by someone entirely unknown and unproven.
One of the major 'selling' points of Linux is it's stability.
Once you ruin that reputation....
sad

Just put yourself in his shoes.

And hush, let what works well, keep working well happy
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All makes sense  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
Agreed  Tiggster | 08/18/08
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shhhhh happy  bruceslog | 08/19/08
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