Oct 10

Joining Canonical

Filed under: Launchpad, Ubuntu — Matthew Revell at 10:41 am

Recently, I’ve had something of a secret. It’s been hard to keep quiet but now I can let everyone know.

In a few weeks, I shall be joining Canonical to work on the marketing for Launchpad.

I’ve felt an affinity with Canonical - also the people behind Ubuntu - since we first interviewed Mark Shuttleworth, the company’s founder, on LugRadio. Their pragmatic, yet principled, human-focused approach matches my own passion for widening the acceptability of open source software.

I look forward to sharing some of my plans for the role, over the coming weeks, and to joining one of the most exciting tech companies in the world!

6 Responses to “Joining Canonical”

  1. Simon Morris says:
    October 10th, 2006 at 1:22 pm

    Kinda saw that coming after you said you were leaving FastHosts but please accept my congratulations anyway :-)
    Good news for Canonical IMO

    Take care

    ~sm

  2. Will Simpson says:
    October 10th, 2006 at 6:25 pm

    Congratulations!

    See ya on the #ubuntu-marketing irc.

  3. mrben says:
    October 11th, 2006 at 9:32 am

    Well done Matt - no more than you deserve. Hope you really enjoy it.

  4. Barry ( Brush01uk ) says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 2:09 am

    Greetings Matt,
    Great news on joining Canonical
    Congratulations!

    Take care

    Barry ( Brush01uk )

  5. Schwuk says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 10:54 am

    Congratulation Matt. I knew it would only be a matter of time…

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