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• Stephen

  2007-08-28 08:46:43

  Roy, Roy, Roy - it's a company of ~5,000 people. Individuals at every level come and go - that's a feature of the modern corporation . Basic maths would indicate that the "exodus" you've been describing shows an attrition rate of

• Stephen

  2007-08-28 08:48:16

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  ...less than 1%.
  
  Basically what I'm trying to say here is that It's a little dull if only because you don't describe any real implications. For example, did the developers who left affect the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and Server 10 SP1? Nope. Is openSUSE progress and innovation slowing down? Nope. On the senior managers you've called out, have any implications arisen? Nope (or not that I've seen).

• Roy Schestowitz

  2007-08-28 10:02:03

  Yes, I'm aware of this, Stephen, but what happens when you hear about “a lot of SUSE developers” leaving and you also know the cause? The only one that we know actually joined after the deal is the father of SuSE. Novell is also hiring .NET folks, which (at least to me) sounds like more trouble than good.

• Mike

  2007-08-28 19:18:31

  Does anyone know how many developers have actually left? That quote is from a Gartner analyst (the same Gartner you list as one of Microsoft's shills) who didn't list any names or numbers other than Allison's.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2007-08-28 23:07:20

  Yes, Gartner is extremely close to Microsoft and I have heaps of stories to prove this. Other than Allison, we are aware of (and wrote about) other top developers who left.