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Jono Bacon Leaves Canonical For XPRIZE

Posted by Unknown on from the so-long dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jono Bacon, who has been Ubuntu Community Manager for Canonical for nearly eight years is moving on to join the XPRIZE Foundation (known for incentivizing solving major issues, such as the Google Lunar and Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZES) to be Senior Director of Community."

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  1. Farewell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Jono is a face and voice of Ubuntu I've always respected. During my years with Linux, I've been an on-again/off-again Ubuntu user, but despite that I still enjoyed his Q&A sessions and the way he carried himself on G+ and the like. He just seemed human.

    While I am undoubtedly quite sad to see Jono leave, the nature of the position he's moving towards sounds like a great fit. Best wishes, Jono!

  2. Re:fuck you Jono. by jonobacon6899 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thanks for the flowers.

  3. Re:fsck you Jono. by evilandi · · Score: 3, Informative

    As plugs for your new book go, that was beyond subtle.

    Good luck matey. And don't forget us coders back in Blighty's Midlands that you left behind for a new life in... ooh, look, it's actually not raining outside! What were we talking about again?

    (Jono's new book is called "Dealing with Disrespect" and is available wherever your search engine takes you. No, I'm not affiliated.)

    --
    Andrew Oakley - www.aoakley.com