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Brian Stevens Resigns As Red Hat CTO

Posted by timothy on from the more-time-with-family dept.

darthcamaro (735685) writes Since November of 2001, Brian Stevens has been the CTO of Red Hat. As of August 28, that's no longer the case. Under Stevens' tenure, Red Hat transformed its business, adding Red Hat Enterprise Linux, acquiring JBoss, Qumranet, Gluster and Ceph as well as joining (and now leading) the OpenStack Foundation. So why did he leave? No official word, but apparently it is to pursue a new opportunity that Stevens just could not pass up.

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  1. Re:Yo by buchner.johannes · · Score: 1

    Not to worry, it's not clickbait, because TFA does not say.

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  2. Not all is well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    So why doesn't Brian Stevens respond to press inquiries, or make a public statement about his resignation? Hmm?

  3. ...goes to show... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some people are REALLY mad about systemd.

    1. Re:...goes to show... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Poettering needs to be Poetteringed. Badly. ASAP.

    2. Re:...goes to show... by koinu · · Score: 1

      Probably he has been replaced by a systemd component named stevensd.

    3. Re:...goes to show... by Lisias · · Score: 2

      Dear Gothmolly,

      Thanks for your insightful comments. Although Red Hat, Inc. is actually a $billion+ dollar multi-national corporation, management and the legions of technical staff we employ (totalling thousands of hours of combined expertise in a multitude of fields) had actually forgotten what we are, and the opinion of some fuckwith on Slashdot is exactly what we needed to get ourselves back on track.

      Sincerest thanks,

      Red Hat, Inc.

      Say that to Microsoft and its Metro interface. ;-)

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    4. Re:...goes to show... by whitroth · · Score: 1

      And they'll reboot RH using grub2

                  mark

  4. Red Hat fails at their corporate doublespeak by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Normally if someone intends to pursue a different job, both he and the company are supposed to say he's "stepping down to spend more time with his family". Then, a week later, the new company announces they've hired him.

    Obviously the Red Hat higher ups haven't been attending enough seminars at tropical resorts...

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  5. Re:If eveything is Hunky Dory by solios · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which, voting for Reagan, or being old enough to vote in 84?

  6. Redundant by Livius · · Score: 1

    *Every* job termination, voluntary or involuntary, involves pursuing new opportunities.

  7. Who to believe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Do believe the anonymous Red Hat sources quoted in the ZDNet article that blamed the departure on executive friction, or do I believe the anonymous Red Hat sources quoted in the Eweek article who say Stevens is departing for another job? Speaking of Red Hat sources, maybe one or two of the Brotherhood of the Red Fedora wouldn't mind dishing some Raleigh, NC gossip here. Do it anonymously even.

    1. Re:Who to believe? by Nite_Hawk · · Score: 3, Informative

      I work for Red Hat as of the Inktank (Ceph) acquisition, so I haven't been with RH very long. As far as I know he really is leaving for another position. It's entirely possible that there are other reasons, but figure the guy has been with RH for what, like 10 or 12 years? That's a long time in this day and age. I'm as curious as everyone else where he's going though.

    2. Re:Who to believe? by KlomDark · · Score: 1

      I think this is the only place where men brag about how short theirs is... ;)

  8. "apparently it is to pursue a new opportunity tha" by fnj · · Score: 2

    "apparently it is to pursue a new opportunity that Stevens just could not pass up"

    They always say that. They make you say that. It's part of the severance package.

  9. RHEL7 related? by Zeromous · · Score: 1

    Did he greenlight the Anaconda UI changes in RHEL7, because that trash makes Microsoft look like UI whizzes.

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  10. Re:Any other ties to Microsoft? by Gavagai80 · · Score: 1

    There are rumors of a polaroid capturing him using a Windows PC in 1992.

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  11. there is probably more the story by oldcodebetter · · Score: 1

    When guys like him (old timers, management, etc) leave the company, they are usually fed up of something. Just gotta find out what that something is. Either that or he has better things to do.