“Michael Tiemann has been at the forefront of open-source
software for years, but he wasn’t fully prepared for what happened
when he became chief technology officer at Red Hat Inc. in January.
Tiemann had seen much change since helping to develop the GNU
compiler and found Cygnus Solutions, but the rate of renovation was
nothing like what he’s seen so far this year.”
“As CTO of Red Hat, the leading Linux provider, he’s both
watching and guiding the development of Linux. To say the Linux
snowball is rolling faster than ever after nearly a decade is an
understatement.”
“We’re the largest company in Linux, but by no means do we
have a majority of the market,” Tiemann said. “The development of
Linux is a little like a coalition government: You need 50 groups
to cooperate, or the coalition collapses.“
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