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LinuxCon Rocks!

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:13:08 GMT

Just a quick post to my fellow Fedorans to say that LinuxCon NA 2011 has turned out to be an incredible conference. I've attended my share of trade shows and conferences over my 30-year career, but LinuxCon surpasses them all. Congratulations to Jim Zemlin and the Linux Foundation for a superb event.

There will be a detailed trip report coming soon. Right now I'm too busy enjoying myself. :-)

Happy 20th anniversary, Linux!

Are You Attending LinuxCon?

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:38:53 GMT

If you're attending LinuxCon in Vancouver, British Columbia, be sure to stop by the Fedora booth and introduce yourself.

LinuxCon!

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:11:24 GMT

(Note: This is a quick posting from my Android phone.)

My son Mike and I will be attending LinuxCon NA 2011 in Vancouver next week.

Besides soaking up the Linux-charged atmosphere, we also will be volunteering at the Fedora Project booth. This is a real privilege to participate in Linux's 20th birthday bash.

If you're attending LinuxCon, please consider volunteering some of your time or just drop by and say hello.

Posted via LiveJournal app for Android.

It's a Small (Fedora) World After All

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:41:09 GMT

I had an interesting encounter this afternoon at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). I joined my son Mike, a longtime contributor to the "Battle of Wesnoth" project and a fellow Fedora fan, at UMBC's Linux Users' Group Install Fest. Although the distribution of choice was Ubuntu, I had an interesting encounter with a Saudi student named Ibrahim. I couldn't help noticing his Fedora cap and his Red Hat Certified Engineer pin. He recently became an RHCE and was justly proud of his achievement.

Even though UMBC is well-regarded as an engineering school, Ibrahim was not attending as an engineering student. In the States studying English, he just wanted to show his support for his favorite Linux distribution, Fedora.

Thinking Ahead - Document Freedom Day

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:55:10 GMT

Today is Document Freedom Day.

As more and more details of our lives are recorded digitally, it is vital that future generations can read the digital records that we leave behind. If we record the history of our civilization in proprietary closed formats, it may require a monumental effort to decode what may become the digital equivalent of dead languages. While this will provide an opportunity for some future genius to accomplish something akin to translating Egyptian hieroglyphics, it would better to give our descendants the time to accomplish other vital tasks, like ensuring the future of our species.

The solution is to support open standards like ODF, capable of recording our natural languages in a format future generations can read. This includes the task of educating our elected officials so our public records are available in a transparent and safe manner.

Apple iPad - a great web browsing experience?

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:26:55 GMT

I watched the live streaming provided by MacBreak Weekly of the announcement of the Apple iPad. "The internet in your hands" is a phrase that was repeated several times during the presentation as well as in the promotional video. Granted, the iPad may be a triumph of engineering. The UI is pretty amazing, even if it resembles a giant iPod Touch.

However, here are the show stoppers (of the "I will not be buying one" variety) for me:

1. The usual Apple vendor lock-in. A few protesters were outside the event from FSF's "Defective By Design" campaign. They were there to remind people about Apple's support of Digital Rights Management (DRM). Despite Steve Jobs' self-described dislike of DRM, he makes it very easy to sell DRM'd media and apps and very difficult to use non-DRM'd. It's pretty obvious that the proliferation of Apps stores does not serve the cause of freedom, since it requires that consumers trade their freedoms for shopping convenience.

2. No Adobe Flash support. The FSF would disagree with me here, but I need Flash support in order to view much meaningful content on the internet. Apple made sure that YouTube was supported, despite the lack of a Flash player for the iPad. What about all the other sites, especially those using Flash to deliver video across all OS platforms, Linux included? It is worth noting that there is also development of a free alternative Flash player, Gnash.

3. Limited "hackability". Again, Apple actively discourages legitimate (as in "not illegal") hardware and software hacking such as putting Linux on a device. I am currently typing this on a desktop replacement laptop from HP with an Intel Core i7 CPU and an nVidia GeForce video chip. I am running Fedora 12 Linux (64-bit version). Very little post-installation configuring was required. HP doesn't have a problem with my putting Linux on my laptop. I don't want to "jailbreak" a device for which I paid good money before I can have the freedom to configure it to run the OS and apps I want. OK, Steve did mention that you can change the background on the iPad. :-)

Another phase Steve Jobs used several times was "whatever you want". In this context, that seems to mean "whatever Apple wants you to have, if you buy it from its Apps stores and accept its arbitrary limitations - and bring along plenty of cash".

Will the Apple iPad succeed - probably, but at what price?

Fedora Weekly News 200

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:40:41 GMT

Congratulations to the current team publishing the Fedora Weekly News on its milestone 200th issue.

Having contributed in the past to FWN, I know it is no easy task to compile and edit the massive nest of activity known as the Fedora Project.

Keep up the good work!

Transparency - Live Today at Five (1700 UTC, that is)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:32:16 GMT

One of the things I love about the Fedora Project is that its members, especially the leadership, really try to conduct all activities in the harsh light of public scrutiny.

In that spirit of openness, be sure to check out the upcoming Fedora Board meeting. To quote our fearless leader, Paul Frields:

"The Board is holding its monthly public meeting on Thursday, July 2, 2009, at 1700 UTC on IRC Freenode. Note this is the first meeting of the newly constituted Board following the post-F11 elections. For this meeting, the public is invited to do the following:

* Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation.

* Join #fedora-board-questions to discuss topics and post questions. This channel is read/write for everyone.

The moderator will voice people from the queue, one at a time, in the #fedora-board-meeting channel. We'll limit time per voice as needed to give everyone in the queue a chance to be heard. The Board may reserve some time at the top of the hour to cover any agenda items as appropriate. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!"

Transparency is a very popular concept these days - it's nice to see when it's actually put into practice.

Openness is also about participation, so I urge you to attend and make your voice heard.

Another Way to Install Fedora along with MS Vista

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:26:03 GMT

Note: This post is a revised set of instructions I first published for Fedora 9 a year ago.

It's still a common occurrence these days to get a new PC or laptop with Microsoft Vista preinstalled. You really want to use Fedora, but still need to occasionally use Vista. Dual booting is one proven approach to running both Vista and Fedora on the same machine.

Since version 9, Fedora has the capability to safely resize NTFS partitions, the type commonly used by newer versions of Windows.

This posting briefly describes an alternate approach to using Fedora's built-in NTFS partition resizer. This method uses Vista's own partition resizing utility which ships with Microsoft Vista. Microsoft describes this resizing process as "shrinking". One advantage of this approach is that you can prepare your hard drive in advance of installing Fedora.

This alternate approach consists of two steps:

1. In Windows Vista, "shrink" the Windows system partition.

2. Install Fedora utilizing the reclaimed free space.

Step 1. Shrink the Windows System Partition

In order to "shrink" the Windows NTFS partition, follow the instructions in this excellent pictorial guide, "How to Shrink and Extend NTFS Volumes in Windows Vista", at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial133.html.

Caution: I strongly suggest that you create a backup of all important data before resizing the Windows partition. You may also need to defragment the Windows partition before starting the shrinking process. It's also worth noting that most PC vendors provide a utility which only gives you one chance to create CDs or DVDs for restoring the Windows OS.

Step 2. Install Fedora

Next, get the latest version of Fedora at fedoraproject.org/get-fedora. Install Fedora using the medium of your choice: live CD, DVD, USB stick, etc.

It's been my experience that installing via a Fedora DVD is the quickest method. Be sure to update Fedora during installation, or immediately afterwards, to get the latest security and bug fixes, and to run the most up-to-date applications.

Fedora automatically recognizes the free space on the hard drive, creates a Linux partition and installs the GRUB boot utility. Note: Vista appears on the boot menu as "Other", unless you change the name while installing Fedora.

Finally, in the unlikely event that Vista fails to boot up after installing Fedora, the GRUB config file under Linux may need to be edited by hand to point to the Windows system partition. This file is named grub.conf, and is located in the folder /boot/grub. You need to edit this config file as root. Be sure not to delete this file or change the settings for Fedora. Note: Be aware that the numbers in the hd parameter are zero-relative, meaning that the first drive or partition is 0, second is 1, etc. Therefore, hd(0,0) refers to physical drive #1, partition #1.

Of course, if you don't need Vista, the simplest approach is to reformat the entire hard drive, thereby avoiding issues with missing drivers, incompatible applications, etc. But I digress.

Yummy Presto Chango

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:00:14 GMT

Below is the actual message I received after I did a "yum update" today

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Size of all updates downloaded from Presto-enabled repositories: 4.4 M
Size of updates that would have been downloaded if Presto wasn't enabled: 16 M
This is a savings of 74 percent
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Savings in my lousy, slightly-better-than-dialup-speed connection: Priceless

Thanks, Presto!

Check it out at fedorahosted.org/presto/

Who is Max?

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:28:10 GMT

First of all, this is not a tribute to Max Spevack, great guy that he is.

This is a long-overdue introduction to my alpha male cat, Max.

Also, Max was not named after Max Spevack, honest. I'm a big fan of Fedora, but not so obsessional that I would name my pet after the former Fedora Project leader. Sorry, Max (the former FP leader, not my cat).

Here's the real explanation: Max (the cat, not the human) had a sister named Minnie - yeah, Max and Minnie. Unfortunately, Minnie died while boarding at the vets (go figure), so Max is an orphan and without family, which not too uncommon a situation for rescued cats.

Max is the handsome cat with his tongue sticking out in the accompanying photo. He serves as my mascot and hackergotchi. His breed is shorthair domestic cat. Max's pedigree is very mixed. His coloring, as the photo shows, is ginger and white.

Max is around 4 years old, having been rescued around the time of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina happens to be the name of his mother, who also passed on, but not after dragging Max and Minnie into my apartment one night at the tender age of 7 days.

I'm happy to say that Max has not only survived, but thrives. He weighs approximately 8 kg. I refer to him as my "dog cat", since he has quite a few canine traits along with the usually feline ones. He's cohabitating with Mollie, a very affectionate stray I rescued a few years back on a cold winter's night.

So there you have it.

For the record, I also like dogs and other living creatures. It just so happens stray cats are much more common in my part of the world.

I'm back (I hope)!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:01:22 GMT

After too long a break, I should be making landfall once more on Planet Fedora.

That is, if all goes according to plan.

If it works, credit the great tech support provided by the guys on the #fedora-websites channel.

If not, it's all my fault. :-)

Away for Much Too Long

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:43:13 GMT

I'm back!

I've been away from my blog for much too long.

One of the reasons for being absent was losing my ability to aggregrate this blog with Planet Fedora at planet.fedoraproject.org. (I'm working to get it back.)

Another reason was that I've been very busy at work. Yes, I'm still busy, but I'm getting better organized.

So here I am. Watch this space.

Fedora 10 Launches

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:22:53 GMT

Congrats to the Fedora Project team members for another great release!

The semi-annual Fedora release is nothing short of miraculous.

Check out Fedora 10 by downloading it at http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.

On a personal note, my new $DAYJOB prevents me from participating as much as I would like. However, I continue to follow the Fedora Project on a daily basis via mailing lists and an occasional IRC visit.

...and I hope to be more active in the near future.

Another Way to Install Fedora 9 Along with MS Vista

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:37:12 GMT

It's very common these days to get a new PC or laptop with MS Vista installed. You want to use Fedora, but still need to occasionally use Vista. Dual booting is one popular approach to have use of both operating systems.

Since version 9, Fedora has the capability to resize NTFS partitions, the type commonly used by newer versions of Windows. (Yes, I know that this capability has existed for some time in other Linux distributions.)

This posting briefly describes an alternate approach to using Fedora's new built-in NTFS partition resizer. Instead, this method uses Vista's own partition resizing utility which ships with Microsoft Vista. This is described by Microsoft as "shrinking".

This approach consists of 2 steps:

1. In Windows Vista, shrink the Windows system partition.

2. Install Fedora utilizing the resulting free space.

Step 1. Shrink the Windows System Partition

In order to "shrink" the Windows NTFS partition, follow the instructions in this excellent pictorial guide:

"How to Shrink and Extend NTFS Volumes in Windows Vista" at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial133.html

Warning: Always create a backup of any important files before resizing the Windows partition. Some vendors have a utility which allows you to create restore CDs or DVDs for one time only. You may also need to defragment the Windows partition before starting the shrinking process.

Step 2. Install Fedora 9

Next, install Fedora 9 using any method you prefer: live CD, DVD, over the network, etc. Get Fedora 9 at

In my experience, assuming your system has a DVD reader, installing via the Fedora 9 DVD is usually the fastest approach. Be sure to update Fedora afterward to get the latest security and bug fixes, as well as the latest version of the software.

Fedora 9 will automatically recognize the free space on the hard drive, create a Linux partition and install the GRUB booter. Note that Vista will appear on the boot menu as "Other", unless you changed the name while installing Fedora.

Finally, in the unlikely event that Vista fails to boot up after installing Fedora, the GRUB config file under Linux may need to be manually edited to point to the Windows system partition. This file is located at /boot/grub/grub.conf.

You will need to edit this config file as root. Be sure not to delete this file or change the settings for Fedora. be aware that the numbers in the hd parameter are zero-relative, meaning the first drive or partition is 0, second is 1, etc. Therefore, hd(0,0) refers to physical drive #1, partition #1.

Of course, if you don't need Vista, the simplest approach is to let the Fedora installer reformat the entire drive, thereby avoiding issues with missing drivers, incompatible applications, etc. But I digress.

Document Freedom Day

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:45:15 GMT

The 26th of March is Document Freedom Day.

Why pay a vendor for the privilege of storing your precious data in a file format which is closed and proprietary? What guarantee do you have that you can access your own information if the vendor goes out of business or decides to change the format?

If you want documents that are stored in unencumbered file formats, be sure to support document freedom with true interoperability, based on open standards.

Consuming and Producing

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:13:41 GMT

What I like about being involved in the Fedora Project, after many years of being a consumer of free and open software, is the opportunity to give something back to the community, to be, in a small way, a producer.

My profession for a very long time has been as an ICT Consultant. I've been paid to produce and maintain applications for clients, manage complex projects, and educate people in the use of technology.

Information and communications technology, or ICT, has undergone incredible changes in over the past few decades.

Computers are no longer confined to glass rooms in large enterprises, and communications has never been the same since the Internet and, especially, the World Wide Web.

Access to computers 25 years ago was a rare privilege; today, it is almost commonplace. I remember working on applications by coding on paper, and changing a few lines of code via batch update. Now, I can download entire Linux distributions and open source applications, read the code and modify it as I wish, with few restrictions. Now I can actually own a computer, the hardware and the software.

Access to information was mainly through printed manuals and books, purchased at great price. Now, I can use an internet search engine, locate volumes of information of varying quality, and even create and modify information myself. I can do this from just about anywhere on a variety of devices, ranging from SMS texts to sophisticiated multimedia presentations.

What is even more amazing is that, while ICT is definitely a noble profession, with its own expert subject matter, terminology and disciplined approaches, ICT is also a passion, not just for professional practitioners like me, but for people like my son, who most likely will pursue another line of work.

My hope for the future is that ICT continues to be transformed into a source of positive change for society, rather than merely a sophisticated way of taxing people for processing data and communicating, accessible only to the affluent and privileged few.

One of the best ways to do this is to provide people with the tools for change for the good. The Fedora Project, along with other FOSS communities, does this well. With these freely available tools, people can be producers as well as consumers.

An Investigation of the Logo Wars

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:07:21 GMT

Recently, Red Hat sent a "cease-and-desist" letter to the DataPortability Group concerning the similarity of its logo to the Fedora Project's logo. This action was made known to several online technical news sites such as TechCrunch. See the article "Logo War: Red Hat Takes On DataPortability"

Here's my perspective on the controversy.

First of all, I am not a lawyer (IANAL). I am writing this as a person who is an unpaid volunteer with one group, Fedora Project, who is trying to understand the motivations of another group of individuals, DataPortability.

How do I go about doing this?

1. I read their charter.

2. I read the group's forums here and here .

3. I see their affiliation with Identity Commons (IDC).

4. I see that the Data Portability Group is in the process of organizing itself as an officially recognized working group within ID Commons.

My conclusion is that this is a well-intentioned group of men and women who just happened to pick a logo similar to the Fedora Project logo. No malice or intentional confusion was intended, and many in the group would be more than happy to adopt another logo. Some even volunteered to design a new one.

One individual decided to publicize the "cease-and-desist" letter from Red Hat. This resulted in the article on Tech Crunch. I understand that it is upsetting to get such a notice. I also understand that Red Hat must protect its logos and trademarks from infringement. All major companies must do the same thing.

I hope cooler heads prevail. I actually agree with the aims of the ID Commons and Data Portability Group.

I wish them all the best. I might even join.

One Year as a Blogger

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:21:58 GMT

As I was doing online housekeeping chores today, like revising my Linkedin account, I realized that it's been exactly one year since I began blogging.

The main reason I began writing a blog was to help publicize some of the great things going on in the world of free and open software, especially in the Fedora Project. I actually joined the Fedora Project 6 months earlier, but it took me a while to see the value of keeping a web log. Now I wonder why it took me so long.

I've made some great friends while volunteering with the Fedora Docs Project, and more recently, with the Fedora Ambassadors. My blog chronicles some of the interesting events of the last year. To list them here would be redundant, but I will mention just one.

One of the high points for me of the last 365 days was the time in September when I helped organize and take part in GITEX 2007 in Dubai. It was challenging and fun demonstrating Fedora 7 and the OLPC laptop to the crowds. Red Hat did a great job representing FOSS at one of the world's largest commercial exhibitions. It was a privilege to share the booth with them and I'm glad to have Red Hat as Fedora's corporate sponsor.

I could list many more, but if you want to find out more, you'll have to read my blog.

Publican - the "new" Documentation Publisher

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:45:14 GMT

I put "new" in quotes in the title because Publican, the documentation publisher, was formerly known as Documentation-Devel inside the Red Hat Documentation Group. As stated below, it has been in use for several years and is enhanced to include additional branding options.

This package goes a long way towards fulfilling my personal desire for "FOSS Docs the FOSS Way". A special "Thank you" goes to Jeff Fearn and the other Red Hat Documentation team members.

Read the announcement in full below:

>From Brian Forte:

Brisbane, Queensland, 2008/02/14 -- Red Hat Engineering Content Services is pleased to announce Publican, a new publishing package.

Publican -- which has been used by Red Hat's Documentation Group for almost two years -- takes DocBook XML input and outputs HTML, plain Unicode text and PDF. This output can be branded with the following brands: Fedora, Red Hat, and JBoss. A default, generic brand is also included. Further brands can be added, either by request, or by direct customisation. (To request an additional brand, submit a bug via <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>. Submit the bug against the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" product, and the "publican" component.)

But "make html" and "make pdf" are, perhaps, the least of Publican. What makes Publican worth announcing are "create_book" and "make dist-srpm".

"create_book" does what the command name implies: it creates a directory of the XML files you need to start writing a book or article using DocBook XML as well as a ready-to-roll Makefile for outputting HTML, text and PDF.

"make dist-srpm" takes a book, turns it into a tarball, adds an appropriate specfile and then wraps the whole thing up into a src.rpm. This makes it easy to incorporate documentation into the standard distribution build chain.

Publican is being incorporated into the Fedora tree in the coming days and weeks. To learn more, members of the Publican development and documentation team will be answering questions in #fedora-docs on irc.freenode.net on Thursday 2008/02/14 from 12:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (2008/02/14 02:00 UTC/GMT; 2008/02/14 IST; 2008/02/13 22:00 American EDT; 2008/02/13 19:00 American PDT).

Thanks to Murray for posting this originally.

As mentioned in the above announcement, the meeting was held as scheduled on 14 February 2008 at 0200 hours UTC. Here is the IRC Log and the IRC Log in HTML.

See this wiki page for more details on Publican, including how to install the interim packages.

Happy 10th Birthday, Open Source!

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:03:33 GMT

Okay, so I missed it by a day.

Bruce Perens published the Open Source Definition on 9 February, 1998

He commemorates the event in " State of Open Source Message: A New Decade For Open Source".

This is a great article and should be read in its entirety by anyone who appreciates Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

Two quotes reflect FOSS today:

Quote #1 - The Good News, or the Reason to Celebrate

"Had you asked me in on that day in 1998 how far I thought this phenomenon would go, I would not have come close to predicting the success that exists today. As we enter decade one, Free Software / Open Source is mainstream. Indeed, we are the leader in many business computing categories."

Quote #2 - The Bad News, or the Challenge Ahead

"There are also running suits against a component of JBoss (Red Hat is the defendant), and against the ClamAV anti-virus software (Panda [?] and Barracuda [integrator] are defendants) for the "invention" of integration of virus checking into email transfers.

At this point I don't need to re-iterate the evils of software patenting. That story has been well-told. But it's notable that Open Source is not the only entity that is threatened by software patents. Any small or medium-sized business - meaning any company with less than 1000 employees - is at risk, and has common cause with Open Source on this issue. But small and medium sized enterprises haven't been sufficiently educated on this issue. That must now change."

Happy Birthday, FOSS! And a special thank you to Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds.

Is the World Flat?

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:06:44 GMT

I am currently reading The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman.

I find myself agreeing with most sections of the book, since I am currently working overseas. For me, the world is undeniably flat.

"Flatness" is essentially the condition where modern broadband communications, especially the Internet, and global transportation, make every person connected to the World Wide Web a potential competitor. I prefer to think of these people as potential collaborators.

Many times in his book, Mr. Friedman quotes people he considers authorities in the field of information technology, my chosen field. He views the honorable Bill Gates as particularly insightful. Sorry, but I beg to differ. This is the man who almost missed the Internet and has difficulty grasping the power and revolutionary nature of free and open source software.

To his credit, despite his predictively upbeat portrayal of globalization, Mr. Friedman does see its down side as well as the up side. This is the reason I can continue to read this book and gain from his insights.

I plan to explore some of the themes in the book from my own vantage point in future blog entries.

Linux Magazine on Fedora

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:52:14 GMT

In the 10 January 2008 article in Linux Journal, Linux Magazine’s Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2008, to no one's surprise, Red Hat is among the featured twenty.

I especially liked the following observation:

"We also feel it's worth noting that Red Hat has made some tremendous strides in its community relations with the Fedora Project. (See our interview with Max Spevack in this issue.) Once solely regarded as a beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) we think that Fedora has come into its own as an independent distribution over the last few releases."

New Fedora Project Leader

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:04:56 GMT

Congratulations to Paul Frields on becoming the new Fedora Project leader.

Max Spevack made the official announcement less than an hour ago.

The Fedora Project has really come a long way under Max's leadership. I've worked with Paul as part of the Fedora Documentation Project and I'm convinced that Paul is the right person to keep the momentum going.

Words to Live By

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:31:29 GMT

On the occasion of Matthew Szulik stepping down, and James Whitehurst assuming the role as CEO of Red Hat, Matthew has posted a message in Red Hat News. The message is worth reading in its entirety. However, one particular paragraph resonates strongly with me:

"As a leader of people, you search within your core to find a genuine common thread that exists to unite and inspire a multi racial, multi ethnic, mixed gender, global community called Red Hat. You attempt to create a culture of open mindedness and respect for diversity. You seek out those who believe that for any democracy to continue, free and unfettered access to information is an unassailable condition for advancement."

I see this as very relevant to the Fedora Project as well as Red Hat.

Congratulations to Mr. Szulik on his new position as Chairman of the Board and Mr. Whitehurst on becoming Red Hat's new CEO.