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>I won't be around to validate this, however I am asserting GNU/Linux will not survive after everyone that was part of its genesis is long gone. I'm 100% with
by 1970-01-01 3y ago
>I won't be around to validate this, however I am asserting GNU/Linux will not survive after everyone that was part of its genesis is long gone.
I'm 100% with you on this. I also think that if Linus were to die today, the kernel would fall apart within 10 years.
- j-bos 3y agoHistorically that's what happens with any concentration of power and skill, things break when the founder/monarch dies. Look at Rome's endless civil wars and the countless Chinese dynasties. Exception being when a capable successor is properly placed and accepted by the inner circle. Does Linus have an "heir"?
- 1970-01-01 3y ago>Does Linus have an "heir"? No formalized succession plan whatsoever.
- teddyh 3y agoLinus is not worried: If Linus Torvalds Got Hit By a Bus Would Linux Die? (2012) <https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/if-linus-torvalds-got-hit-by-a-bus-would-linux-die/ https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/if-linus-torvalds-go...> If I get hit by a bus, Linux will go on just fine says Linus Torvalds (2015) <https://www.theregister.com/2015/06/17/now_i_can_die_happy_what_linus_didnt_iquitei_say/ https://www.theregister.com/2015/06/17/now_i_can_die_happy_w...>
- backendanon 3y agoTens of thousands of developers around the world have contributed to the Linux kernel. Even Microsoft contributes.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoIt's not about the contributions, it's about the coordination.
- xuhu 3y agoMeanwhile a lot of boxes are still on RHEL-6 point releases that use linux-2.6. Not even those will be gone in 10 years.