this (http://kerneltrap.org/node/5725) is soo much better.
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Interesting link.
It's amusing that in the comments someone cites SCSI as proof that coding to a standard can be sufficient. The trade association holds "plugfests" ( e.g. http://www.scsita.org/news_events/plugfests/plugfests.html ) specifically because coding to standards isn't sufficient and sometimes you have to actually try the things out with other peoples' hardware to find out if things actually work properly.
More succinct, yes, interesting too, but I'd disagree with "better." It's like saying an apple is better than an orange.
Linus has an easier task. The hardware the kernel runs on and the software running on it act as an ironclad, rigorously defined spec. Dealing with human users is something else.
not really true. what would you say about git ? it has no kernel components, no spec (at least not that i am aware of).
Linus wrote git for himself.
Wow. I guess this is why Linux RAID sucked so badly for so long.