Alan Cox: Moving on from Red Hat

Alan Cox: Moving on from Red Hat
上周，著名的kernel开发者Alan Cox宣布他将在1月中旬离开工作10年之久的Red Hat，加入Intel，他将仍然专注于底层开发，并不会脱离Linux kernel或开源。 有些推测认为他的离开可能指示了Red Hat的某种改变，红帽子公司正从底层转向应用层面。Red Hat在其享有盛誉的“底层”，“核心”开发和支持工具中整合了大量的应用相关、用户和企业为中心的工具。如果Red Hat在“底层”这一方向上忽视创新，其结果可能更令人担忧。
Posted by Sander_Marechal on Dec 23, 2008 11:26 AM ESTLXer Linux News; By Sander Marechal ('s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands)
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Linux Kernel developer Alan Cox has announced that he will be departing Red Hat for Intel. In an e-mail to the editors he explained that this move allows him to spend more time with his family and work even closer on the low level stuff that he really likes. Alan has been working on the Linux kernel since the early days in 1991 and has been contracted and employed by red Hat for ten years.
Linux Kernel developer Alan Cox has announced that he will be departing Red Hat for Intel. In an e-mail to the editors he explained that this move allows him to spend more time with his family and work even closer on the low level stuff that he really likes. Alan has been working on the Linux kernel since the early days in 1991 and has been contracted and employed by red Hat for ten years. Subject: Moving on from Red Hat
I will be departing Red Hat mid January having handed in my
notice. I'm not going to be spending more time with the family,
gardening[1] or other such wonderous things. I'm leaving on good terms
and strongly supporting the work Red Hat is doing. I've been at Red Hat
for ten years as contractor and employee and now have an opportunity to
get even closer to the low level stuff that interests me most. Barring
last minute glitches I shall be relocating to Intel (logically at least,
physically I'm not going anywhere) and still be working on Linux and free
software stuff.
I know some people will wonder what it means for Red Hat engineering. Red
Hat has a solid, world class, engineering team and my departure will have
no effect on their ability to deliver.
Alan
[1] I note that both the family and garden probably think I should