Three Minutes with Red Hat's Chief

[ Thanks to Janie Dose for this link. ]

"IDGNS: I was surprised to find out that you have a computer science background when I heard you came to Red Hat as COO from Delta Airlines. I didn't expect you to be such a techie.

"Whitehurst: I do have geek cred. For some reason, your reputation is always based on your prior experience. When I was at the airline, people said, 'Who is this strategy consultant running an airline?' Now I'm an airline guy running a technology company. I wish I was called an airline guy when I was at the airline...!"

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