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CNET News.com: TurboLinux to name new CEO amid layoffs

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Stephen Shankland
Jun 2, 2000

“TurboLinux will announce tomorrow a new chief executive, the
second major change this week after yesterday’s layoffs.”

Founder and former chief executive Cliff Miller will remain
chairman, while president and chief operating officer Paul Thomas
will take over as CEO, the company said.

“I’m going to be chairman, focusing on strategic issues, being a
spokesman,…looking at markets and technologies. Paul is going to
continue running the company operations,” Miller said in an
interview.”

“In another change, the TurboLinux board has a new member. A
veteran of the computing industry, Gordon Eubanks is currently the
CEO of Oblix, and formerly held the top spot at Symantec.”


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