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Linus Torvalds

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I chose 1000 originally partly as a way to make sure that people that assumed HZ was 100 would get a swift kick in the pants.
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Torvalds, Linus (2005-07-08). Message to linux-kernel mailing list. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.

 
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