Linus vs. Linux

There's an interesting story running over at Techweb on whether or not it's time for Linus to surrender control of the Linux kernel to some sort of industry-backed, non-profit consortium.

"They note Torvalds lacks formal accountability for Linux and, as a full-time engineer at chip maker Transmeta Corp. , has considerable professional obligations outside his open-source activities. What's more, industry titans such as IBM, Compaq Computer, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and Oracle, are pouring billions of dollars into developing Linux products and want to exert more influence on the direction of the kernel, based on customer feedback."

Slashdot carried the same story as well, so you might want to check out what their readers have to say about this whole thing here.