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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Did he resign from the position, or from Red Hat entirely?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both. Ben's taking off for personal reasons (it's literally written in his email, but people will still try to pretend it's related to the recent kerfuffles with Red Hat)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You shouldn't burn bridges when leaving even the shittiest employer. So personal reasons it is. We will never know what the truth is ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Redhat dose some questionable stuff, especially all that union busting bs but it's far from the worse employer and if you love foss you probably do something you love there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I agree, I am certain that there are thousands of great and passionate about FOSS people there. I'm just not that certain about IBM ;) It's still probably better place to work at than most.

All in all, I am only saying that the fact that somebody cites "personal reasons" doesn't mean there are no other factors at play.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago

From RH, it's in the (short) article.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That is a good question. Got me thinking too. That title is rather ambiguous.

"I have resigned, and will no longer be taking as active a role in nouveau development."

From the article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Probably because of the recent RedHat drama right?