Today, April 12, 2017, Canonical CEO Jane Silber Steps announced that she’s stepping down, passing the role of chief executive officer to Mark Shuttleworth.
The news shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, as Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth shocked the Linux community last week when he announced that all development of the Unity 8 user interface that’s being used on Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu Tablet devices would be stopped, and that Ubuntu Linux will switch to the GNOME desktop environment next year.
“Over the next three months I will remain CEO but begin to formally transfer knowledge and responsibility to others in the executive team. In July, Mark will retake the CEO role and I will move to the Canonical Board of Directors,” said Jane Silber, Canon… (read more)
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