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Red Hat Co-Founder Bob Young Resigns

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lvl-50-ceo-lfg dept.

Anonymous Coward's Cousin writes "Yahoo news is reporting that Red Hat co-founder Bob Young has resigned from the board. From the article: 'In a funny way, my resignation is perhaps the finest compliment I can pay to everyone associated with Red Hat today, I have complete confidence in the future of the company'"

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  1. RedHat == Linux by ReformedExCon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't think there is another "pure" Linux vendor that has done more for making Linux a household name than RedHat. Their smart partnerships with OEMs and computer manufacturers has been invaluable to the Linux movement. In a very real sense, without RedHat, there wouldn't be a strong Linux movement now.

    Bob has been behind much of this, though it is hardly something that one man can lay full claim to. Going forward, hopefully RedHat keeps it together and continues to generate Linux buzz.

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    1. Re:RedHat == Linux by Lisandro · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I always had this love/hate relationship with RedHat... on one hand, their Linux distributions (besides tech support, which is excellent) always gave me problems; specially when compared to other more "modern" distros. RPM is a big culprit of this, i might add - you don't fully get how ugly that packaging system is until you try something better, IMHO (apt-get and Portage comes to mind). I haven't tried a RedHat distro since the RedHat/Fedora "split" though, i heard they got a lot better.

          But, like you said, Linux wouldn't be what it is today without RedHat. Not only they made Linux a viable alternative for buisnesses (and homes), but they actively contributed to a number of OSS proyects, all the way back to when Linux wasn't the buzzword it is today. We Linux users (and OSS users aswell) owe a lot to RedHat, and yes, Bob Young has been behind much of it. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours... and hope RedHat does well.

    2. Re:RedHat == Linux by Shakes268 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I'm sure I'm just stating the obvious here but Dell is a PC and PC Server manufacturer. They use an OEM version of Microsoft's Windows which includes some hardware specific things as well as some of their own software installed. However, they do not have a truly custom version of Windows as Microsoft's codebase is, as we all know, locked down. Redhat is in contrast a software company. It maintains a specific flavor of Linux that it uses for monetary gain through sales and software support. Linux/Redhat may be free but Redhat has to make money somehow. Their software is their revenue stream. Dell's is hardware. The two are VERY different and to believe they are the same, as much as you'd like to, is incorrect.

  2. Re:Old old old by strider44 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It is interesting though that people are complaining that a web site has news a full day late. Shows the effects that the internet has had on communication (as well as expectations of levels of communication).

  3. Re:Part of the plan... by Bastian · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Red Hat has always charged for the core of their business, which was providing fully-supported Linux systems to business-class customers. I'm not sure dropping the free-as-in-beer version of their OS really counts as the beginning of their charging customers for service.

  4. Re:Here is the Press Release on RHAT's Website by hdparm · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What's your point - karma? The article is exact cut and paste of that press release.

  5. thoughts from an employee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting
    In a funny way, my resignation is perhaps the finest compliment I can pay to everyone associated with Red Hat today, I have complete confidence in the future of the company

    Yeah right. I'm a red-hatter, when we heard of his sudden resignation yesterday, most of us were more than a little bit troubled. Not because we'll miss his leadership ... In the 6 years I've worked here, I've only seen him once, and he reminded me of a used car salesman. But when he suddenly sells of all of his RHAT stock and jumps ship... it really gives teeth to those rumors of an SEC investigation...

    Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.