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Red Hat Exec Takes Over Open Source Initiative

Posted by Zonk on from the new-man-under-the-hat dept.

njcoder writes "CNet reports that Michael Tiemann, vice president of open-source affairs at Linux seller Red Hat and an OSI board member, has taken over from Russell Nelson as president pro tem. 'We thought that Michael would be a better president' Nelson said of the change, declining to share further details. Nelson will remain a board member and active in the group, he said."

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  1. Russ has gotten some heat.. by bhsx · · Score: 4, Informative

    I wonder if this petition has anything to do with this decision? For the uninitiated, Russ wrote on his blog (and since removed it) about corporate black culture, in an article titled "Blacks are Lazy."
    Here's the google cache of the withdrawn article.

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    1. Re:Russ has gotten some heat.. by greenrd · · Score: 2, Informative
      he's advocating equal pay for equal work regardless of race, not calling black people lazy.

      Um, yes he is. You can't spin away the title of the goddamned post.

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  2. Re:Red Hat stabbed us in the back by EngMedic · · Score: 2, Informative

    fedora would be great, save for two glaring errors. First, there are multiple, conflicting package repositories -- and you can't mix and match most of them safely. Second, though it's been promised since core 1, it's still not possible to update from core 1 to core 2 with just yum/apt (and likewise for core 2 - core 3), which means you're reinstalling and reconfiguring your OS every 6 months.

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  3. Re:Credentials? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    He does have a Slashdot account. He only posted once but he did get in a quick BSD-troll at the end.