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soupboy
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds shares Millennium Tec...
"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.
yafujifide
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I guess I'll stop writing my own kernel. There are other things I want to do in the next 73,000 years.
xdialog
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The purpose of you writing a kernel is to share a Millennium Technology Prize?
S4M
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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?
cmaggard
on June 14, 2012
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Imagine how many babies they could have had.
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That is such a mind-boggling number that I can scarcely believe it.