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"It is estimated that a total of 73,000 man-years have been spent working on the code."

That is such a mind-boggling number that I can scarcely believe it.



I guess I'll stop writing my own kernel. There are other things I want to do in the next 73,000 years.


The purpose of you writing a kernel is to share a Millennium Technology Prize?


It would be interesting to know how many men years were put into Windows and OS X, for comparison. Anybody has an idea or references?


Imagine how many babies they could have had.




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