On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:48:48 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Jeremy Allison Has Resigned from Novell to Protest MS Patent Deal
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| The legendary Jeremy Allison (of Samba fame) has resigned from
| Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement,
| which he calls "a mistake" which will be "damaging to Novell's
| success in the future."
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061221081000710
I don't know if I'd call him a "key Novell employee". Certainly Samba is a
high profile project, but I don't see how employing Allison was "key" to
Novell's success. Miguel, on the other hand would be a key employee
because so much of Novell's own code is written for Mono these days.