OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20859/Red_Hat_Snaps_up_Mandriva_s_Adam_Williamson Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:31:29 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Congratulations Adam http://osnews.com/thread?345693 http://osnews.com/thread?345693 Well done! ;) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AbuHassan) Comments Confidence http://osnews.com/thread?345695 http://osnews.com/thread?345695 A move like this inspires confidence in Red Hat's attitude toward its end users. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (h3rman) Comments congrats http://osnews.com/thread?345699 http://osnews.com/thread?345699 congratulations! hope you have good time at Red Hat Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fakhar) Comments All the Best http://osnews.com/thread?345715 http://osnews.com/thread?345715 Great to hear, good news both for Adam and the community, as for Redhat too. Looking forward to it. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Barnabyh) Comments Congratulations, Adam! http://osnews.com/thread?345744 http://osnews.com/thread?345744 Man, I'm so glad to hear this as Adam is one of the nicest persons on the Linux community ever and I hope that those idiots at Mandriva realize the huge mistake that they made.

Also kudos to RedHat for this move. I'm pretty sure that they won't regret this one bit! Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DeadFishMan) Comments I said I wouldn't buy if they didn't keep him http://osnews.com/thread?345748 http://osnews.com/thread?345748 Well it is matter of principle time.

I am stopping recomending Mandriva. I'm not (as I said I wouldn't) goung to buy powerpack.

I'm going to mail them to let them know why.

Well done in getting qa new job AdamW
Us eeepc users etc thank you for all your help. PS I'm speaking for a group of us here. :-)

Cheers
The boabie Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (armbase) Comments RE: I said I wouldn't buy if they didn't keep him http://osnews.com/thread?345783 http://osnews.com/thread?345783 First off: Congratulations Adam and RedHat. I'm happy for both of you.

I am stopping recomending Mandriva. I'm not (as I said I wouldn't) goung to buy powerpack.

I'm going to mail them to let them know why.


Why would you do that? That doesn't make any sense. Mandriva is struggling financially and couldn't afford to pay Adam. And your reaction is to punish them financially? OK, so the remaining developers at Mandriva will be fired too. I guess that's what you had in mind, right? Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (satan666) Comments Thanks http://osnews.com/thread?345816 http://osnews.com/thread?345816 Thanks a lot, guys. Must be a slow news day around here ;) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments RE: Thanks http://osnews.com/thread?345829 http://osnews.com/thread?345829 You should change your profile. ;) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Happel) Comments Congrats to Adam and Red Hat http://osnews.com/thread?345859 http://osnews.com/thread?345859 Adam was a tremendous asset to Mandriva. I'm not sure Mandriva ever understood what Adam did for their community. He was always approachable. I have watched him help every level of Mandriva user from newbie to expert. I have seen his responses to even the most obscure blog posts which mentioned Mandriva. I hope that Red Hat is able to see that he is much more than just a quality control guy. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (benja22) Comments Don't forget Vincent http://osnews.com/thread?345878 http://osnews.com/thread?345878 BTW, I forgot to mention - the story should really reference Vincent Danen, too. He is also moving from Mandriva to Red Hat: http://linsec.ca/blog/2009/01/23/switching-hats/ . Vincent's been more or less Mandriva's entire security team for years and years now (long before I got here), so that's at least as big news as mine is! Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments RE[2]: I said I wouldn't buy if they didn't keep him http://osnews.com/thread?345945 http://osnews.com/thread?345945 Yes you have a very good point. However, many of us were so P(*&^ed off that they got rid of the main front man, that we added to a pettition to keep him. We said that if they kept adam then we would buy powerpack.

I have to say I was a bit rash there. We all do things in the heat.

I'll still buy PP now Adam has a Job. However, I will email them to say that I seriously considered not doing so..

That way, I let my feelings known and still contribute.

PS thanks for bringing me back to my senses. :-)

All the best
Bob; Sunny Scotland Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (armbase) Comments Professional http://osnews.com/thread?345971 http://osnews.com/thread?345971 To me, Adam represented Mandriva VERY well. He was very patient in his responses in the forums, and he never came off as a blind marketing person. He gave Mandriva a very professonal, very friendly face in many of the Tech sites around the web (like OSNews!). It's too bad to see such talented people leave Mandriva, but it should be a real benefit to Redhat. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments RE: Don't forget Vincent http://osnews.com/thread?346250 http://osnews.com/thread?346250 So this is quite surprising, not only you, but vdanen too! I hope Mandriva manage to find new blood as proper replacement. Wow, so the big shuffle still have not ended since I've gone. Anyway, wish both of you bright future in new career. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sapristoire) Comments RE[2]: Don't forget Vincent http://osnews.com/thread?346335 http://osnews.com/thread?346335 Oden is returning to take charge of security. Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AdamW) Comments RE: Thanks http://osnews.com/thread?346511 http://osnews.com/thread?346511 Congratulations Adam!!! Yay! Great to see you landed softly and in a good place! Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Wemgadge) Comments