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Gentoo Founder Quits Microsoft

Posted by Zonk on from the employee-retention-problems dept.

ChocLinux writes "ZDNet is reporting that Daniel Robbins, the founder of Gentoo Linux, has left his job at Microsoft after only eight months. From the article: 'The reason I decided to leave had to do with my specific experiences working in Microsoft's Linux Lab,' says Robbins. 'I wasn't able to work at my full level of technical ability and I found this frustrating'"

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  1. pursue passion in .net on windows? by jzeejunk · · Score: 5, Interesting

    FTA:
    ... to pursue his passion for software development with an independent software vendor where he will be focused on building in .NET on Windows ...

    If he wanted to build .net apps on Windows why would he leave M$FT? I mean that is probably the place to be if that really was his passion. I can't believe how much BS these people come up with.

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    sarchasm
  2. Re:For most... by Pantero+Blanco · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Which is as it should be. Because if left to our own devices, programmers would always use the most whiz-bang, untested, unstable stuff out there. It's the technophile nature."

    Of course, that's what the home, lab, or combination of the two is for. One of the niftiest things about open source projects is that they give the bleeding-edge "untested" stuff a testing ground and developer community, and often result in useful software. There generally aren't set-in-stone deadlines or things that absolutely "cannot go down", so people are free to use what they like.

    It also takes up their free time, sadly. Oh, well.

  3. drama by buddha42 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They probably made him use redhat enterprise and forced him to use the rpm-provided versions of software.