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:CNet News: Gentoo Linux Founder Quits Microsoft
CNet News: Gentoo Linux Founder Quits Microsoft
Feb 14, 2006, 17 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (13111 reads)

(Other stories by Ingrid Marson)

"Daniel Robbins, the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project, has quit his job at Microsoft after only eight months, the software giant has confirmed.

"Last May, Robbins made the unusual switch from being a well-known member of the free software community to becoming a paid employee of Microsoft, which is one of free and open-source software's biggest critics. He worked under Bill Hilf, who runs Microsoft's Linux and Open Source Software Lab, and had an 'educational' role within the company...

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I wonder.. Now that he is away from M$,  ...   Tainted?   
Mike R.
Feb 14, 2006, 17:24:52
 
...he just needed a job. As for getting  ...   Maybe...   
Bob
Feb 14, 2006, 19:43:09
 
He's seen THE CODE, hasn't he?   ...   Re: Tainted?   
Ken Jennings
Feb 14, 2006, 19:59:40
 
My guess is that he has a family to feed ...   Family to Feed   
Joe Almeida
Feb 14, 2006, 21:39:58
 
> I wonder.. Now that he is away from M$ ...   Re: Tainted?   
alice sysadmin
Feb 14, 2006, 21:45:31
 
I doubt that you could talk to him about ...   Considering the NDA, was it worth it?   
David D. Huff Jr.
Feb 14, 2006, 21:53:27
 
He wasn't at Microsoft that long so  ...   Re: Tainted?   
Gene Anthony
Feb 15, 2006, 04:49:35
 
> He wasn't at Microsoft that long s ...   Re: Re: Tainted?   
Ken Jennings
Feb 15, 2006, 21:26:26
 
exactly, my friend is their in their QA  ...   Re: Re: Re: Tainted?   
Khanh
Feb 27, 2006, 10:00:38
 
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