Alan Cox is moving on from Red Hat

From: Alan Cox <alan-AT-lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: editor-AT-lwn.net, editor-AT-lxer.com Subject: Moving on from Red Hat Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:13:09 +0000 Message-ID: <20081223161309.6af6ea3f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

I will be departing Red Hat mid January having handed in my notice. I'm not going to be spending more time with the family, gardening[1] or other such wonderous things. I'm leaving on good terms and strongly supporting the work Red Hat is doing. I've been at Red Hat for ten years as contractor and employee and now have an opportunity to get even closer to the low level stuff that interests me most. Barring last minute glitches I shall be relocating to Intel (logically at least, physically I'm not going anywhere) and still be working on Linux and free software stuff. I know some people will wonder what it means for Red Hat engineering. Red Hat has a solid, world class, engineering team and my departure will have no effect on their ability to deliver. Alan [1] I note that both the family and garden probably think I should