Nobody is immune to plane crashes, terrorist attacks, or fatal heart failure – not even Linus Torvalds, who still has the final say in the development of the kernel he named Linux. This worries many, as there is no public record of who or what would take over leadership in case of an emergency.
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Without Linus, linux will quickly become a train wreck of design by commitee… We should enjoy this time now with Linux being awesome. Its not going to last that much longer. Linus is gonna get old, and tech companies are gonna make sure their platforms are as locked in as possible, even preventing platforms like Linux from accessing their services. Maybe in 10 years or so.
So lets just appreciate what we have now. Its peak Linux right now.
There are linux compatible kernels in the works. There are some written in Rust too (although, at least one is MIT licensed). My prediction is that the linux kernel will die in its current form and be replaced by an alternative, probably an MIT one because industry loves that licence. Then we will have another Mac clone but based on Linux not BSD.