My Interview with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst
Figuring I had nothing to lose, the first day of the Red Hat summit I introduced myself to Red Hat's new CEO and president, Jim Whitehurst and asked if he would be up for a podcast.
Instead of making up some plausible excuse, he was very receptive and gave me his card. He also gave me his cell number and told me to give him a call the following day to set something up.
When we got together I was very impressed with how approachable and down to earth Jim was as well as his excitement and enthusiasm for his job. Take a listen...
My interview with Jim (12:10) Listen (Mp3) Listen (ogg)
Some of the topics we tackle:
- How Jim heard about the opportunity at Red Hat
- Jim's programming background and his work at Delta as COO
- Matt Szulik is the visionary, Jim's emphasis is on execution and "focus, focus, focus"
- Red Hat is "all in" when it comes to open source and how their last non-free offering (RHN satellite) went free that day.
- Proprietary software isn't wrong, open source is simply a better model (that being said, he'd love to see IBM open source DB2)
- His conversation with Jonathan Schwartz and the challenge that Jonathan faces
- Reaching out to other open source players and taking them to dinner
- What are Jim's biggest opportunities and challenges
- Jim's key areas of focus for Red Hat (a couple of which are virtualization and making sure Linux is "cloud ready")
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Barrister Reuben Idemudia.
Principal Partner,
Reuben Idemudia & Associates.
{Solicitor and advocates}
Address: 24A BERKLEY STREET (1ST FLOOR)
Onikan Lagos Nigeria.
Nigeria. Tel: 234-80 83140116
Dear Jim Whitehurst,
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I have all necessary information and legal Documents needed to back you up for the claim. All I required from you is your honest and maximum co-operation to enable us see that this transaction emerge successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Finally, your TELEPHONE/FAX numbers and your land mailing address are urgently needed for easy communication on the commencement modalities of this claim. Alternative email: reubenidemudia2010@gmail.com
I await your urgent feedback.
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