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Linus Torvalds: Linux succeeded thanks to selfishness and trust (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by bboplifa@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Aidan@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This interview makes me wonder what’s going to happen after he’s gone. You could say that he’s set up whoever succeeds him for a tough act to follow. But no one necessarily has to succeed him in any way.

[–] lightsecond@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d imagine that Linux kernel would be governed by a council like the Rust project.

[–] aport@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

God please no. The BDFL model is vastly superior when it comes to consistency and quality. Committees fuck everything up.

If Linus's tenure prematurely ended then Greg KH would take his place.