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Missing Link: How Linux would continue without Linus Torvalds (www.heise.de)
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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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[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 5 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.