05.01.08
A Former Ximian Employee Finds Greener Pastures (Red Hat)
There he goes. From the home of Mono, having jumped through some hoops, he lands right inside Red Hat.
Matt Asay posted about upcoming CEO changes to be announced in a few weeks time. Well, it’s been a few weeks time, and although not a new CEO, Red Hat has landed a seasoned open source executive - Charlie Martin.
Let us hope the heritage stays away. Fedora already has some encounters with Novell’s (and Microsoft’s intellectual monopoly) Mono [1, 2]. █
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.