List: linux-kernel
Subject: Linux v2.5.72 and a move to OSDL
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: 2003-06-17 4:35:09

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The other big news - well, for me personally, anyway - is that I’ve
decided to take a leave-of-absense after 6+ years at Transmeta to
actually work full-time on the kernel.

Transmeta has always been very good at letting me spend even an
inordinate amount of time on Linux, but as a result I’ve been feeling a
little guilty at just how little “real work” I got done lately. To fix
that, I’ll instead be working at OSDL, finally actually doing Linux as
my main job.

[ I do not expect a huge amount of change as a result, testament to just
/how/ freely Transmeta has let me do Linux work. My email address will
change to “” effective July 1st, but everybody is
trying to make the transfer as smooth as possible, so we’ll make sure
that there will be sufficient address overlap etc to not cause any
problems ]

OSDL and Transmeta will have a joint official (read: “boring”. You
should have seen the bio - that didn’t make it - that I suggested for
myself for it ;) press-release about this tomorrow morning, but I just
wanted to say thanks to Transmeta. It has been a special place to work
for, and hello to OSDL that I hope will be the same.

Snif. I’m actually all teary-eyed.

Linus

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