Plan B for D

[BCS]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Though unpleasant reading, somebody has to write this, too. (My 
> appologies to Walter, and to the rest of us.)
> 
> 
> Painting Devils on the wall
> 
> What happens if Walter gets run into by a drunk, and is off-line for 6 
> months? Or permanently??
> 
> Ideally there should be an explicit plan for such things. And it should 
> be public. Some benefits:
> 
> o We'd all know what to do if it really happens
> 
> o Firms and corporations considering D have less one-man-show worries
> 
> o It simply is prudent
> 
> o "The accident doesn't come if you're insured"
> 
> o Initial time wasted on copyright issues, language goal etc. vanish
> 
> My sincerest appologies, again, for writing this -- but it really needs 
> to be addressed now and not on some rainy fall day.

Walter can cover my worries in two words: "Dealt with". No details needs 
as long as those involved know what to do. OTOH, he need not say 
anything at all.