IBM Sponsoring Release Management

IBM Sponsoring Release Management

[Mark Mitchell]

IBM's Linux Technology Center has been sponsoring my work as Release 
Manager since January 1st, 2004 through a contract with CodeSourcery.

(The reason for the late announcement relates to delay in getting 
official approval to acknowledge this relationship.  You can all imagine 
how difficult it is to get CodeSourcery's legal people to let you do 
anything!)

I am very grateful to IBM, the SC, and the wider community for 
permitting me to be the RM, and for supporting me in that endeavor.

Thanks!

-- 
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery, LLC
(916) 791-8304
mark@codesourcery.com

Re: IBM Sponsoring Release Management

[Kurt Wall]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 03:34:49PM -0700, Mark Mitchell took 19 lines to write:
> IBM's Linux Technology Center has been sponsoring my work as Release 
> Manager since January 1st, 2004 through a contract with CodeSourcery.
> 
> (The reason for the late announcement relates to delay in getting 
> official approval to acknowledge this relationship.  You can all imagine 
> how difficult it is to get CodeSourcery's legal people to let you do 
> anything!)
> 
> I am very grateful to IBM, the SC, and the wider community for 
> permitting me to be the RM, and for supporting me in that endeavor.

Kudos to IBM for supporting your work, to CodeSourcery for finally
deciding to acknowledge the relationship, and the SC for having the
wisdom to permit you to continue to be RM. 

Thanks to you, naturally, for the work you do. It can't be the easiest
thing, herding a bunch of grumpy, opinionated cats. ;-)

Kurt
-- 
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Re: IBM Sponsoring Release Management

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Mark Mitchell wrote:
> IBM's Linux Technology Center has been sponsoring my work as Release 
> Manager since January 1st, 2004 through a contract with CodeSourcery.
> 
> (The reason for the late announcement relates to delay in getting 
> official approval to acknowledge this relationship.  You can all imagine 
> how difficult it is to get CodeSourcery's legal people to let you do 
> anything!)

Dripping sarcasm noted. :)

> I am very grateful to IBM, the SC, and the wider community for 
> permitting me to be the RM, and for supporting me in that endeavor.

Thanks to IBM for sponsoring this important work that is critical
to the free software community.  GCC is a critical piece of
infrastructure.

> Thanks!
> 


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Re: IBM Sponsoring Release Management

[Toon Moene]

Mark Mitchell wrote:

> IBM's Linux Technology Center has been sponsoring my work as Release 
> Manager since January 1st, 2004 through a contract with CodeSourcery.
> 
> (The reason for the late announcement relates to delay in getting 
> official approval to acknowledge this relationship.  You can all imagine 
> how difficult it is to get CodeSourcery's legal people to let you do 
> anything!)

Ah, you mean we're now officially an IBM shill site (as defined in 
http://humorix.org/articles/2004/09/game/) ?

Well, in that case, if IBM needs a well-trained meteorologist, I'm 
available ...

:-) :-)

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