On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, an idiot wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have been dealing with maintaining Linux in a mixture of C and Assembler for
> over twelve years now. While it has been a lot of fun, every day dealing with
> these essentially dead languages has become harder and harder for me, and
> other programers seem to agree.
>
> Thus, starting with Linux 3.0 (to be released hopefully by next summer), the
> kernel will be completely rewritten in the easy-to-use Visual Basic language.
> This will eliminate all issues involving buffer overruns, as well as
> streamlining porting of Windows programs to Linux, since Microsoft (who will
> now assume ownership of Linux) assure me that Windows is written entirely in
> VB as well.
>
> Microsoft has also stated that they intend to incorporate Windows features,
> such as the RRS (Rapid Random Shutdown) in Windows 95, into Linux 3.0.
>
> Linus
>
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