On Wednesday 20 December 2006 13:30, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Tuesday 19 December 2006 12:26, Peter Van Lone wrote: > > http://www.datamanager.it/articoli.php?idricercato=17639 > > > > fyi ... > > Interesting that it was carried on an Itialian website. In any case, does > this mean much to the average developer or is it more the case of "good > feelings" and goodwill towards the SUSE community? > -- > kai
Doesn't sound like he burned any bridges when he left because he's been back since December 1, 2006. Doesn't say whether Novell/SUSE was pressuring him to return but in what I consider a very smart move they did re-hire him. Other articles say he is the team leader for kernel quality and already has a full workload. Notice the total lack of marketing from Novell/SUSE on this. In the article he states he was burnt-out and the year off did him a world of good. Now he is coming back to the distribution he helped start because its what-he-wants-to-do-for-a-job and really likes to do it. He even says the Novell/Microsoft thing is no big deal to him. From the article: "Fundamentalism always leads to pain. What's important is that Linux is free and will remain to be free," Mantel said. I believe that Hubert Mantel is highly respected as a coder and as an opensource software and GPL supporter. How can this not be good for you, me, openSUSE and any opensource/Linux/GPL developer? Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
