| Linux Foundation names Markus Rex as CTO |
Jul. 24, 2007
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit group dedicated to accelerating Linux's growth, announced on July 24 that Markus Rex, a long-time Linux executive at SUSE Linux AG and Novell, will serve as the Foundation's new chief technology officer.
This position had been held by Ian Murdock, one of the founders of Debian Linux, but he left the LF (Linux Foundation) to join Sun Microsystems as its chief operating platforms officer.
Rex will be on loan to the Linux Foundation from Novell during his term as the Foundation's CTO. As the LF's CTO, Rex will help drive new standardization and technical initiatives around Linux and promote Linux adoption more broadly.
More specifically, as CTO, Rex will lead all technical initiatives for the LF, including oversight of the Linux Standard Base and other workgroups such as Open Printing. He will also be the primary technical interface to LF members and the LF's Technical Advisory Board which represents the kernel community. Upon completion of his tenure at the Linux Foundation, currently slated for the end of 2008, Rex will return to Novell.
"We're extremely thrilled to have Markus Rex join our management team. Rex has been a leader in the Linux industry since the early days of Linux, having joined SUSE Linux AG in 1999 and making it one of the leading commercial distributions on the market today," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, in a statement.
Zemlin continued: "We appreciate Novell's willingness to lend its technical and financial support to the community with this initiative and hope it serves as a model for the future. Much like open-source development itself, this unique approach allows us to neutrally leverage talented personnel from the Linux ecosystem for the greater benefit of Linux Foundation members."
Of his new post, Rex said, "I look forward to working with members of the community and the Linux Foundation to ensure that the promise of Linux is delivered. We're at a very exciting time for the Linux market, and I'm pleased to be able to contribute to the Linux Foundation's work."
Rex is one of the most respected executives in Linux circles, with a long history of Linux strategy and product management. He joined Novell in February 2004 with Novell's acquisition of SUSE Linux AG. At Novell, he has served as vice president and general manager for SUSE Linux, CTO for the Open Platform Solutions Group and, most recently, as vice president of services strategy.
Rex joined SUSE Linux AG in 1999, serving as head of development and later as vice president of research and development, where he oversaw SUSE's growth from 15 engineers in 1999 to more than 200 in 2004. Rex has previously served as a board member to the Free Standards Group and the Linux Foundation.
—Steven J. Vaughan Nichols
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