Don't expect a new cut of Linux to ease your NYE hangovers

The Register can at last reveal the answer to the question on everyone's lips: who would win a hypothetical fight between Santa Claus and Linus Torvalds? And the winner is … Santa! We have reached this decision based on Torvalds's regular state of the kernel post for this week, in which he rated the development process for …

[Anonymous Coward]

A Linus Christmas

Torvalds gets it. You should work towards a goal, not a deadline. Linux is better for it.

When deadlines, real or artificial, driven by holiday sales, competition, or quarterly reports, start ruling development then problems are inevitable.