Plan B for D

[janderson]

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.

I agree.  This is one of the things that turns people away from D.
Walter needs to assign a care-taker who can sort things out during his
absence.  Personally, I think Andrei would be the best candidate but who
knows if he would want the responsibility.

-Joel