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Missing Link: How Linux would continue without Linus Torvalds (www.heise.de)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by cm0002@ttrpg.network to c/linux@programming.dev

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Nobody is immune to plane crashes, terrorist attacks, or fatal heart failure – not even Linus Torvalds, who still has the final say in the development of the kernel he named Linux. This worries many, as there is no public record of who or what would take over leadership in case of an emergency.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't the fact that its Foss suggestive that it really doesn't matter?

[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Python and node.js successfully transitioned out of the bdfl phase through wildly different paths. might be interesting for a while though.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

Uh oh