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If Linus Torvalds Got Hit By a Bus Would Linux Die? #Linuxcon

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Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 31, 2012

As was the case in the beginning, Torvalds remains the leader of Linux and is responsible for maintaining the mainline kernel and pushing out its new leading-edge releases. One of the questions that has long been asked, and was asked again at the LinuxCon conference on Wednesday night, is the question of succession known as, “What if Linus gets hit by a bus?”
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Sean Michael Kerner

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