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● 07.04.21


●● Jim Whitehurst Was Always Very Optimistic and Positive But With IBM in Charge He No Longer Is


Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, IBM, Red Hat at 10:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz


Video link


http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Red-Hat-Support-Stories-Calls-with-our-CEO.mp4


> Image: Krankie Sturgeon: Red Hat, Big blue


Summary: The independence of Red Hat isn’t being respected anymore (it was a false promise; see Scotland and Cataluña); instead of fighting on, in order to maintain his promise to his staff, Whitehurst has ejected himself from the new "master" of Red Hat


YESTERDAY MORNING we wrote and recorded a 44-minute audio about Jim Whitehurst's departure, only after we had spent several hours studying the situation and the events leading up to it (there are many rumours about it, albeit facts are harder to find).


44-minute audio about Jim Whitehurst's departure

↺ many rumours about it


Since then we’ve spent nearly 2 more days reading lots of newer (and more in-depth) articles about the subject, so it seems clear that he left without any pressure put on him to do so (he was certainly not sacked and he’ll continue to advise/consult from afar, according to IBM’s CEO).


↺ lots of newer (and more in-depth) articles about the subject


Whitehurst was a nice person and an amicable CEO. He comes from the south (US), he studied in the south (he studied computer science and was in Germany at one point), and many from Red Hat — de facto IBM employees now — view his departure as a big red flag.


↺ studied computer science and was in Germany at one point


Whitehurst was always respectful and relatively nice to me (Novell’s CEO only ever sent me threats), so I will miss him. If Whitehurst lost faith in IBM (he was IBM’s president!), why should anybody else still have faith? He was a positive person by nature. Goodbye, Whitehurst, and thanks for all the fish. █


sent me threats


Video credit (except taken from): Red Hat Support Stories: Calls with our CEO


↺ Red Hat Support Stories: Calls with our CEO


> Image: Red Hat Staff in 2018 and 2021


Photo: Independencia-Cataluña


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