BusinessWeek: Linux Inc. Jan 21, 2005, 16 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (6329 reads) (Other stories by Steve Hamm)
"Five years ago, Linus Torvalds faced a mutiny. The reclusive Finn had taken the lead in creating the Linux computer operating system, with help from thousands of volunteer programmers, and the open-source software had become wildly popular for running Web sites during the dot-com boom. But just as Linux was taking off, some programmers rebelled. Torvalds' insistence on manually reviewing everything that went into the software was creating a logjam, they warned. Unless he changed his ways, they might concoct a rival software package--a threat that could have crippled Linux. '
'Everybody knew things were falling apart,' recalls Larry McVoy, a programmer who played peacemaker. 'Something had to be done...'"
