[$] A new Mindcraft moment?
It is not often that Linux kernel development attracts the attention of a
mainstream newspaper like The
Washington Post; lengthy features on the kernel community's approach to
security are even more uncommon. So when just such a feature hit the net, it attracted
a lot of attention. This article has gotten mixed reactions, with many
seeing it as a direct attack on Linux. The motivations behind the article
are hard to know, but history suggests that we may look back on it as
having given us a much-needed push in a direction we should have been going for
some time.