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Brian Stevens to Step Down as CTO of Red Hat

60 points by guardian5x 12y ago

Yhippa 12y ago
For more context on the OP link: http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resigns-7000033058/ http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resign....
- mhurron 12y ago
  That's not really any more context, there's nothing but speculation there.
  - btreecat 12y ago
    Yeah SJVN is full of fluff. Hardly pens a word worth reading.
rootuid 12y ago
#userdel -r bstevens
- SEJeff 12y ago
  At redhat, it would likely be more like: # ipa user-del bstevens
  - thebeardisred 12y ago
    If only. Still on RHDS.
    - SEJeff 12y ago
      Serious dogfooding of your own software I see! I still <3 IPA.
throwaway000002 12y ago
Gotta love that comment posted on the ZDNet article [1] that appeared eariler: According to inside source, he was replaced by systemd-ctod. He tried to prevent the implementation, it was a good fight, but it was one he could not win. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resigns-7000033058/ http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resign...
- lasermike026 12y ago
  HA!
- throwaway000002 12y ago
  On a serious note, however, I've always hoped for more leadership from Red Hat. On the one hand, I'm sure they're doing perfectly fine on the enterprise consulting side, however they're slowly missing opportunities in on-premise cloud computing. Momentum has moved on to libcontainer/Docker, and now Kubernetes for orchestration. They've had to shift to that container format for their PaaS product OpenShift, which seems to be built with anything but Ceylon. Then there's the Fedora 21/CoreOS-envy/systemd-or-nothing crew of people who code/write specs faster than they think... Uuugh. With their resources, I expect so much better. They're throwing away their leadership position in Linux for nothing. I'm sure some, if not all, of this had a role to play in the departure of their CTO.
  - contingencies 12y ago
    Because their client base is enterprise, their goal is naturally features in that area rather than technical leadership for the community as a whole.
    - throwaway000002 12y ago
      The point I'm trying to make is that this behavior on Red Hat's part is totally reckless. They're not entering any new markets, they're sitting on their laurels. Of course, I think at a high-level they feel that they can cure any shortcomings with acquisitions, but if any of the Docker/CoreOS or whatnot players are sufficiently motivated, have the competitive mindset, and proper funding, Red Hat is totally ripe for the taking, they just have to be really smart about it. I have ideas as to how to proceed, but I'm not going to speculate out in the open. But it's pretty clear to me containerization is a disruption (just not exactly in its present form).
lasermike026 12y ago
Wonder why?

60 points by guardian5x 12y ago

For more context on the OP link: http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resigns-7000033058/ http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resign....

mhurron 12y ago
That's not really any more context, there's nothing but speculation there.
- btreecat 12y ago
  Yeah SJVN is full of fluff. Hardly pens a word worth reading.

rootuid 12y ago

#userdel -r bstevens

SEJeff 12y ago
At redhat, it would likely be more like: # ipa user-del bstevens
- thebeardisred 12y ago
  If only. Still on RHDS.
  - SEJeff 12y ago
    Serious dogfooding of your own software I see! I still <3 IPA.

throwaway000002 12y ago

Gotta love that comment posted on the ZDNet article [1] that appeared eariler: According to inside source, he was replaced by systemd-ctod. He tried to prevent the implementation, it was a good fight, but it was one he could not win. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resigns-7000033058/ http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-chief-technology-officer-resign...

lasermike026 12y ago
HA!
throwaway000002 12y ago
On a serious note, however, I've always hoped for more leadership from Red Hat. On the one hand, I'm sure they're doing perfectly fine on the enterprise consulting side, however they're slowly missing opportunities in on-premise cloud computing. Momentum has moved on to libcontainer/Docker, and now Kubernetes for orchestration. They've had to shift to that container format for their PaaS product OpenShift, which seems to be built with anything but Ceylon. Then there's the Fedora 21/CoreOS-envy/systemd-or-nothing crew of people who code/write specs faster than they think... Uuugh. With their resources, I expect so much better. They're throwing away their leadership position in Linux for nothing. I'm sure some, if not all, of this had a role to play in the departure of their CTO.
- contingencies 12y ago
  Because their client base is enterprise, their goal is naturally features in that area rather than technical leadership for the community as a whole.
  - throwaway000002 12y ago
    The point I'm trying to make is that this behavior on Red Hat's part is totally reckless. They're not entering any new markets, they're sitting on their laurels. Of course, I think at a high-level they feel that they can cure any shortcomings with acquisitions, but if any of the Docker/CoreOS or whatnot players are sufficiently motivated, have the competitive mindset, and proper funding, Red Hat is totally ripe for the taking, they just have to be really smart about it. I have ideas as to how to proceed, but I'm not going to speculate out in the open. But it's pretty clear to me containerization is a disruption (just not exactly in its present form).

lasermike026 12y ago

Wonder why?