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Father of Wiki Quits MS, Moves to Eclipse

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wonder-if-that's-a-paycut dept.

linumax writes "Microsoft has lost one of its high-profile hires to an open-source consortium. Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, announced on Monday that Ward Cunningham is leaving Microsoft to join the staff of the open-source tool consortium. Cunningham's new title is Director of Committer Community Development.Cunningham, the father of the Wiki concept, joined Microsoft about two years ago. At Microsoft, he was not involved directly in social-networking-software development. Instead, Cunningham worked as an architect with the company's Patterns & Practices Team."

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  1. New Job Title by Red+Flayer · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Cunningham's new title is Director of Committer Community Development"

    What kind of obscure title is that? Why can't they call him Director of Marketing?

    FTA: "Ward will lead the effort to create a more cohesive Eclipse committer community by working with developers in order to enhance Eclipse as 'the place to be.'"

    Sounds like Marketing Director to me.

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  2. Re:About time by daeley · · Score: 1, Troll

    People don't lose their souls for working at MS.

    You're correct: you have to have already lost it want to work there in the first place.

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