Of The People, By The People, For the People...

"Yesterday afternoon, Red Hat, Inc. announced that James Whitehurst would be taking over for Matthew Szulik as chief executive. This is important open source news because Red Hat is by far the largest company practicing open source as its primary business. (Disclaimer: I am a Red Hat executive.)

"Already the press has characterized Jim as 'an airline guy,' and I'd like to make a point that these other reporters refuse to acknowledge: Jim was an open source guy before he was an airline guy..."

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