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CEO of Red Hat Steps Down

Posted by Soulskill on from the big-hat-to-fill dept.

bearer_of_bad_news points us to a C|net article which states that Matthew Szulik is stepping down as the president and chief executive of Red Hat. Szulik is citing family health reasons, and he plans to remain chairman of the board. Red Hat has indicated that his replacement will be former Delta Airlines COO James Whitehurst. Quoting the article: "On a conference call, Szulik said Whitehurst stood 'head and shoulders' above other candidates interviewed in a recruiting process. He was a programmer earlier in his career and runs four versions of Linux at home." We discussed Szulik's ascension to CEO back in 1999.

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  1. Re: Euphemisms by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    It means the board told him if he didn't step down, his family would soon be in very poor health.

  2. Airline? by jeffkjo1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The former head of an airline to take over the reigns at ???.... that makes about as much sense as letting the former head of an airline take over the reigns at .

    Oh... wait...

    1. Re:Airline? by dosius · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or the former head of a soda company taking over the CEO role at a computer manufacturer...oh wait...

      -uso.

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    2. Re:Airline? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, the good news is that the new guy is expected to be great at controlling costs. The bad news is that now all of your packets will have a stopover in Atlanta.

    3. Re:Airline? by Plutonite · · Score: 4, Funny

      -I just hope my processes don't get scheduling like Delta flights.

      -It would be awesome if Fedora gets renamed to Redhat Linux Economy Edition.

      -
      1)Allow more packets to be sent than you can possibly handle
      2)Delay said packets citing bad network conditions
      3)????
      4)Profit! ...etc..etc

  3. Re:ut oh by Aussie · · Score: 3, Funny

    but is he Emacs or Vi ?

  4. Re:Release the haters by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hatters? Yes, Yes all of our haberdashers are always very excited about any story mentioning stylish hattery.

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    Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
  5. Re:4 versions of Linux by WestCoastJTF · · Score: 5, Funny

    He probably can't afford RHES even with his employee discount.

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    JTF: In your heart, you know we're right.
  6. The next version of Red Hat ... by DraconPern · · Score: 3, Funny

    The next version of Red Hat Linux will ...
    - No longer come with any entertaiment software.
    - Have nice icons and background that cost extra, and
    - Be delayed from original release date because...
    - there will be a major restructuring, while
    - all the programmers go on strike.

  7. Re:ut oh by DamnStupidElf · · Score: 4, Funny

    but is he Emacs or Vi ?

    The answer is almost certainly an unequivocal "Yes."