Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is undergoing significant changes in management. Founder Mark Shuttleworth has stepped down from his role as the CEO so that he can increase his involvement in the software design and development process. Jane Silber, who has long served as the company’s chief operating officer, will be taking [...]
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 340
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Interview: Kris Moore, PC-BSD News: FreeBSD past and present, Fedora newbie guide, interview with Ubuntu’s Jane Silber, end of Kongoni Questions and answers: Backups Released last week: Linux Mint 8 “KDE”, Gibraltar Firewall 3.0 Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 7.3-RC1, openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2 Donations:…. Read more at source Related Reading:
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Canonical picks open-source leader for COO
When Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, stepped down and former COO (chief operating officer) Jane Silber moved up, there was concern that the popular Linux company might suffer from a lack of corporate leadership. Worry no more. Open-source industry veteran and leader Matt Asay has joined Canonical as its new COO. [...]
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Shuttleworth To Step Down As Canonical CEO In 2010
LinuxScribe writes “In a blog announcement today, Canonical Founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth revealed he will be stepping down from his CEO role to be replaced by current COO Jane Silber. Both execs do not see major strategic changes on the horizon. Silber’s official blog and Linux.com each have more details on how the change [...]
