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RHAD Hires Havoc Pennington

Posted by justin++ on from the good-luck-hp dept.

pate writes "It looks like Red Hat has scooped up another free software name. According to this article, Havoc Pennington started work there yesterday. " He's the guy who does the weekly GNOME summaries, and is responsible for countless other Good Things(TM) in GNOME.

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  1. Wreaking Havoc by Shabazz · · Score: 3

    Is Havoc his real name? I wish my parents would have given me such a cool name. Maybe I will change my name to mayhem.

  2. Support by Booker · · Score: 3

    And how much support did you get with it?

    I figure that your $80 goes for the 30 days phone support and 90 days of email support that comes with the package. Which, if you ask me, is a very good thing because most Linux newbies I goad into trying it are confused as hell right from the start. :) Traditional support can only broaden the user base. That's my $0.02