At the same time that Linuxcare co-founder Art Tyde resumed the CEO role, the acting head of the office of the CEO, Pat Lambs, left the company. Tyde was CEO until the company hired Fernand Sarrat in May 1999. After looking at a lot of different CEOs, how the company is being run and where we're going, the board said, 'We've got a lot of success.
Employees can expect a different style as a result.
I'm one of the founders of the company. I support the vision. I believe in the development model. We decided to close down our European operation. Cutting the European business meant about 20 percent of the company's staff lost jobs Thursday, almost all in sales and administrative positions and not in Linuxcare's core support staff.