Star Torvalds Concerned About Linux Dev Processes
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Sep 2005 10:36 UTC
Linux Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, expressed concerns that the kernel development process may need to be changed to make sure that Morton is not overworked. "One issue is that I actually worry that Andrew will at some point be where I was a couple of years ago - overworked and stressed out by just tons and tons of patches," said Torvalds. "If Andrew burns out, we'll all suffer hugely."
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RE[5]: Heh
by on Tue 27th Sep 2005 14:40 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Heh"

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"You may laugh at this, but since death is the only thing we all have in common, it is by far not unlikely. It would be nice if the kernel that is dependent on by many people in the world had decent backup dev team leaders."

The ever present danger of the cathedral (hierarchical, interdependent) model. What would happen if Bill Gates got hit by a bus?

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RE[6]: Heh
by Lazarus on Tue 27th Sep 2005 14:43 in reply to "RE[5]: Heh"
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Seeing as how Bill Gates does not do any actual coding, I'd say that things would go on pretty much the same as before.

There's more to Microsoft then Bill Gates.

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RE[7]: Heh
by on Tue 27th Sep 2005 15:23 in reply to "RE[6]: Heh"
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The most underrated thing in technology is leadership.
Gates and Torvalds are both excellent leaders, albeit with different aims.
The question of how to nurture the next generation of such is not a new one.

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RE[6]: Heh
by on Tue 27th Sep 2005 19:48 in reply to "RE[5]: Heh"
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The death of Bill G. would be disastrous.. Earth would spin out of orbit from all the ppl jumping!

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