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More Marcelo Tosatti

Posted by timothy on from the kernel-south dept.

Frank writes: "There's an interview over at developerWorks Linux Zone with Linus's latest lieutenant Marcelo Tosatti. He talks about what it takes to be the maintainer of the Linux kernel, what his plans are for 2.4 and his favorite hack." If you missed it, you may also want to visit the answers Marcelo gave to Slashdot readers.

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  1. Good job? by NWT · · Score: 3, Funny

    dW: How will you tell whether or not you're doing a good job?
    Tosatti: When I stop receiving bug reports.

    Score +4, Funny

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  2. Re:Gotta represent (er, maintain) by nickco3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    However, I agree with your central point that Linux does still rely heavily on one man. What happens when he stops running the show is an interesting question ...

    That's easy. The new Kernel King will be Alan Cox, or possibly one of the other members of ZZ-Top.
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