Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu 10.04 alpha steps up
Canonical announced that Mark Shuttleworth will be stepping down as CEO in March to be replaced by Canonical COO Jane Silber, reports eWEEK. Meanwhile, the Ubuntu project has released its first alpha of Ubuntu 10.04 ("Lucid Lynx"), which speeds boot-time while kissing the GIMP editor goodbye. Ubuntu sponsor Canonical announced the management transition in a call with press and analysts on December 17, writes Darryl Taft in our sister publication eWEEK. After surrendering his CEO title in March, Shuttleworth will continue to focus on specific projects within Canonical, including the company's move to support cloud computing, says the story.
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