Linus Torvalds says that many people wouldn't even notice if he stepped down from his position as co-ordinator of the Linux kernel
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If Linus Torvalds stepped away from his position as co-ordinator of the Linux kernel, it is unlikely many people would notice, according to the man himself.
When asked what would happen if he decided to retire from co-ordinating kernel development, Torvalds said it certainly would not be the death of Linux.
In a video interview at the linux.conf.au conference in Melbourne last week, Torvalds said: "The question comes up. It is not something I really worry about. I also don’t worry that it would impact Linux that much. In the end there are so many people involved."
"There are many people who are trusted — it is not just Andrew [Morton] who would be the obvious step-in replacement — and almost nobody would notice," Torvalds continued.
"There are other people who could take over what I do, and I would like to think that they would be worse at it, but it is not like Linux itself would go away or be in deep trouble," Torvalds added.
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I was surprised that ZDNET has publishes an article about "Torvalds: Retirement won't see death of Linux". Don't they know what open source is all about?
nadavvin 8 Feb 08 12:58 ReplyThe great benefit of open source is that it doesn't depend on one supplier whether it is a person, a group or a company. therefore if this supplier retires anyone who have an interest in the project can take it and keep it alive. Open source have only four simple rules, is it so hard to remember?
Therefore open source project need not die!
However, it still can, like in the case of ... <a href="http://nadavvin.com/2008/02/08/people-still-dont-understand-opensource/">read more</a>