Randy Kommisar Former head of Lucas Arts (during its great period) Former head of Cyrstal Dynamics (a ship that had to much water tkaen on before he got there)
Last I heard he was doing venture consulting in Silicon Valley. - Show quoted text - On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Charles Merriam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That would be Alan Baratz, former CEO of JavaSoft, last seen at Cisco > after his latest company was acquired. Rumor has that Cisco is > choosing not to integrate NeoPath gracefully and Alan may be > available. > > Anyone keep closer relationships with him? I haven't talked to him > since JavaSoft. > > Charles Merriam > > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM, John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2008/tc2008035_429837.htm > > > > OLPC is looking for a CEO. Nicholas is more of an "idea man", and he > > plans to continue as Chairman and cheerleader. But he appears to have > > realized that with its current management, the organization can't > > outgrow its early chaos. (For this I give him every credit; most > > founders who aren't suited to manage a larger, more structured > > organization resist installing a steady hand at the wheel.) > > > > There are probably a few people on the devel list who are actually > > qualified to be CEO of a nonprofit tech company like OLPC. I > > encourage them to apply (it's not clear how, which shows you how far > > things have degenerated). But I'm more interested in asking the > > software developers on the list: > > > > ==> Who's the best manager or CEO you ever worked for? > > > > Suggest to that person that they consider the job. > > > > OLPC has plenty of resources, and also plenty of challenges. We on > > the outside have only seen a fraction of them (like schedules sliding > > out of control; botched distribution; support handled only by the skin > > of the teeth; key people dragged around to fill big holes, leaving > > other big holes behind them; diminished expectations in both sales and > > technical achievement). OLPC has already changed the world in a small > > way, by teaching us that there's a vibrant world market for low cost, > > high function portable computers, and reminding us how much leverage > > there is in third world educational improvement. OLPC still has a > > chance to change the world in a big way, by satisfying that market, > > rather than leaving it to commercial companies to half-assedly pick up > > the pieces. Steering OLPC back on to the rails before it crashes and > > burns will be a job your favorite CEO or manager will never forget. > > > > Give 'em a call... > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- ~~ Microsoft help desk says: reply hazy, ask again later. ~~ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
