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Re:Linus Torwalds is furious at Intel by LandR on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:24AM (#16077341)
I imagine Linus Torwalds as being always furious, at everything and everyone.

Although the content of the actual email hardly makes him come across as furious. Is it because he used the word shit?

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Re:Linus Torwalds is furious at Intel by rmason on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:11AM (#16077711)
Apple and Microsoft, being partners with Intel, can't complain about the bugs - publicly at least.

What makes it news is that Linus can and does rake Intel over the coals. Unlike a lot of the others complaining he's much more credible.

It's not like this is the first time Intel has had a problem. Anyone remember the floating math problems of the early Pentiums?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug

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Re:Linus Torwalds is furious at Intel by paulhilbert on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:49AM (#16077621)
Yeah - that is a "moderate" on the Torvalds scale...
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