Red Hat Exec Takes Over Open Source Initiative

njcoder writes "CNet reports that Michael Tiemann, vice president of open-source affairs at Linux seller Red Hat and an OSI board member, has taken over from Russell Nelson as president pro tem. 'We thought that Michael would be a better president' Nelson said of the change, declining to share further details. Nelson will remain a board member and active in the group, he said."

Russ has gotten some heat..

[bhsx]

I wonder if this petition [petitiononline.com] has anything to do with this decision? For the uninitiated, Russ wrote on his blog (and since removed it [russnelson.com]) about corporate black culture, in an article titled "Blacks are Lazy."
Here's the google cache of the withdrawn article. [64.233.161.104]

Re:Russ has gotten some heat..

[greenrd]

he's advocating equal pay for equal work regardless of race, not calling black people lazy.

Um, yes he is. You can't spin away the title of the goddamned post.

Re:Red Hat stabbed us in the back

[EngMedic]

fedora would be great, save for two glaring errors. First, there are multiple, conflicting package repositories -- and you can't mix and match most of them safely. Second, though it's been promised since core 1, it's still not possible to update from core 1 to core 2 with just yum/apt (and likewise for core 2 - core 3), which means you're reinstalling and reconfiguring your OS every 6 months.

Re:Credentials?

[Anonymous Coward]

He does have a Slashdot account [slashdot.org]. He only posted once but he did get in a quick BSD-troll at the end.