--- In [email protected], "vlanschot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> He has chosen a business format which has been very successful for > AB. But the main risk is the reliance on its creator (there is no > contingency plan here). We cannot have him turn into an author. That's something I've wondered about - does TJ have any contingency plans at all for what happens to AB as a product if for any reason he personally becomes unavailable for maintaining/advancing it? For some reason, I think of the theater, where the producer of a show makes sure that the star has an understudy who knows the part and can play it if called upon. I know it's a completely different model, but for comparison, Linux will go on even if Linus does not. AB as a codebase is such a powerful and useful accomplishment that it is appalling to think of it's continuing viability being completely and irretrievably tied to the plans and status of one man alone.
