Linux Kernel Shuffling Zombie Juror Aka 3.16 Released 63
sfcrazy writes Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 3.16 codenamed "Shuffling Zombie Juror", which brings many notable improvements. Linus said, "So while 3.16 looked a bit iffy for a while, things cleared up nicely, and there was no reason to do extra release candidates like I feared just a couple of weeks ago." It also means that working on 3.17 has started, "And as usual (previous release being the exception) that means that the merge window for 3.17 is obviously open," said Linus.
Re:BOUND TO BE A BEST SELLER !! (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, just think about all the public!
I mean, just imagine all those people looking at an Android smartphone and asking the salesman "By the way, what's the codename of this phone's Android distribution's kernel? What, Shuffling Zombie Juror?! Oh, no, I think I'll better go to the Apple Store".
Or the managers going "What did you say the kernel on our web server is codenamed?.. Right. You're all fired. We're migrating to Windows, IIS and MS SQL as of now".
Linux just won't be taken seriously by all those people!
PS: Seriously, this argument pops up every new codename change and it doesn't become less stupid. It's a codename that no user will know of a component that most users won't even know the version number of.
Re:BOUND TO BE A BEST SELLER !! (Score:3, Insightful)
People in charge of naming picked "Linux 3.16" as you can see in official announcement [lkml.org].
Shuffling Zombie Juror is internal codename, which is only public because the source code is public - it's not in the announcement, it's not on the boot screen, it won't be on any product box. It's only there in the source.
If you'd google for this codename (which doesn't work as a name, as it can refer to either 3.14, 3.15 and 3.16) you'd see it's only used in rare instances on geek sites. Most instances are actually copies of this article snarfed by various blogspamish aggregators. Headlines and most sites properly refer to them as "Linux 3.14" etc.
I also like your image of "people in technology" who accidentally discover that the kernel they knew as Linux 3.14 is codenamed SZJ in the source and run away - because who cares about features, stability and track record, omg that (code)name is sooo dumb!
PS: "Children". Keeping it classy, eh? Your bias isn't showing at all.
Re:BOUND TO BE A BEST SELLER !! (Score:5, Insightful)
..and people who pick software based on their emotional responses to their internal code names aren't worth worrying about anyway. There is nothing more expensive than an irrational customer.