When I joined Red Hat, I was pretty surprised to find such an "old school DEC" hardball player in charge of engineering. That's what Paul is, but he's not evil.

When I joined Red Hat, I was pretty surprised to find such an "old school DEC" hardball player in charge of engineering. That's what Paul is, but he's not evil. He's effective, and at the most important level he does represent the values we associate with Red Hat (which he helped shape after all). I'd be far more worried if they'd brought in somebody from outside, or from another part of IBM.