Goodbye

October 19, 2007 |

Sadly, I am announcing that today is my last day with the Linux Foundation. The last six years have been a wild ride with OSDL, the merger, and the Linux Foundation. I have enjoyed the opportunity of managing the finest engineering group in the world and was able to work with all four global industry initiatives (Data Center Linux, Carrier Grade Linux, Desktop Linux, and Mobile Linux). I have watched these markets develop from struggling business ideas to robust ecosystems. Most recently, I have witnessed the tremendous emerging mobile markets for Linux-based feature phones, smart phones, and tablet PCs. CGL is a household name in telco network equipment. I believe that quietly and gently, the Linux desktop markets will unfold until one day we wake up to the realization that Linux is a force on the desktop…and we will never actually experience the “Year of the Linux Desktop”. The desktop architects represent a group of the finest open source developers in the world. These developers hail from a plethora of dot orgs and commercial enterprises and have truly come together as a desktop community. Applications can be written now without dependencies on which distro you select, which desktop environment you prefer, or which development tools you prefer to use. Equipment vendors have picked up on this momentum and desktop/laptop providers such as Dell, Lenovo, and HP are offering pre-installed Linux products in their computer lines.

While I am saying goodbye to some of you, I’m sure I will see many of you again in this relatively small community. I’m exploring a number of potentially exciting opportunities which would keep me squarely in the open source development community.

So…take time to enjoy the successes, eat green vegetables, and keep in touch (cherrypits@gmail.com)

John

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  1. Daniel on October 21, 2007 1:34 am

    Hey John,

    it is a sad message for me, because I really liked your articles - and read nearly every single one… but okay, like in the software world also our world changes very quickly.
    I am going on watching news at the Linux Foundation page.
    Maybe some day I will read “John Cherry back to the LF”. ;)

    Good luck

    Daniel

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