Subj : Re: macOS 26
To   : apam
From : tenser
Date : Sat Sep 27 2025 11:51 am

On 25 Sep 2025 at 11:30p, apam pondered and said...
 
 ap>  > I think people are more worried about him getting hit by a bus
 ap>  > while crossing the street: what becomes of Linux once Linus is
 ap>  > gone?  
 ap> 
 ap> Wouldn't someone just fork it and continue? I imagine a whole bunch of
 ap> people would fork it probably and it would all be fragmented for a while.

I think that's the problem: Linux stays together as one more or
less cohesive kernel largely because of Linus himself.  Once it
forks into $n$ competing kernels (with no clear, obvious winner
among them) is it still Linux?

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