A Company Commander is the equivalent of a Drill Instructor - they have extremely close interaction with their own rank-and-file.Originally Posted by LinuxFanBoi
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A Company Commander is the equivalent of a Drill Instructor - they have extremely close interaction with their own rank-and-file.
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This is kind of what Bill Gates did in his final years at MS, right?
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Oh dear, some people here really don't understand what happened.
To clarify for those who don't have the time to read the blog post:
Mark is not stepping down from his (very significant) role in the Ubuntu project or the free software community; just from his role as CEO at Canonical.
Last edited by Mr. Picklesworth; December 17th, 2009 at 09:24 PM.
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Yes and then things at Microsoft totally went to hell in a hand-basket.
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Except for the part where Bill Gates wasn't the CEO at Microsoft in the first place, and that position (Steve Ballmer) never changed
(Not that he didn't play an enormous role, of course).
Edit: Well, "never changed" was cluelessness on my part. Wikipedia says Ballmer became CEO in 1998.
Last edited by Mr. Picklesworth; December 17th, 2009 at 09:27 PM.
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Really? They just released an insanely successful operating system, have one of the most successful game systems on the planet along with one of the most successful game franchises in history, and they're going to hell in a handbasket?
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Bill Gates was CEO of Microsoft for most of it's history.Except for the part where Bill Gates wasn't the CEO at Microsoft in the first place, and that position (Steve Ballmer) never changed
(Not that he didn't play an enormous role, of course).
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It is better to think of Mr Shuttleworth as the Chairman of the Board. It frees him from the day to day Admin work that the CEO has to labour through and pursue the work he is better suited for .
Its a good decision .
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^ This.
...and I am overjoyed that Jane is CEO now.
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