<div><div dir="auto">Thanks to everyone for their best wishes. If you cover open source and Linux, especially any of the projects LF is involved in, feel free to reach out and let me know if there is anything i can help out with as it relates to any content you are writing or anything we can produce to help you as well.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:jperlow@linuxfoundation.org">jperlow@linuxfoundation.org</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Note I will still be writing my column for ZDNet but I will not be covering open source and Linux issues for the most part, that’s SJVN.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 8:14 PM Perlow, Jason <<a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com">jperlow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px">Friends:</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px">I am happy to report that I have accepted a position as Editorial Director for Project Insights at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheLinuxFoundation/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARBizVPeGKn0PSG1feje_NaMkWU-ESC-ZXj-tJ0TWsgohZ2LBuG4xeG6Yd0CSK4T-rS4OpIInMofPfUT&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD68j8eDCSSvNnONqtyymZw6IRf8fjvsnHYPdcxOIG7GkPeF7AJ6sLjDMzASTHmt8GYligD63UVv1YGP-EXln1RMlaxvPNthNyClTT4iBWxQF9zwIhtFhnXFpbWk5Fa-9-JOFS3viUfpWC0e9kfoenNV__9EN-6QHBZC4IiFfVSJJd1F3p_4lpbX7OkkuvHQpmp0QLpcSKWq_HCPA" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">The Linux Foundation</a>.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px">This is something of a homecoming for me as I was Sr. Technology Editor for the original Linux Magazine from 1998-2008. Linux and FOSS have always been a passion of mine, and many of my friends originate from that community. In my 30 year career, I've gone off to Unisys, IBM, Microsoft, NTT/Dimension Data, to Proofpoint, always having been a Linux <span style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">and Open Source advocate. Just over 20 years after I started with it, I am back with Linux and Open Source.</span></p><div style="display:inline;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-size:14px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:inherit">At The Linux Foundation, I will be helping them build their content covering major Open Source projects under their umbrella, for which they have many, over 200, which reside in every aspect of the technology industry and other key verticals, across the stacks in Cloud, Security, IoT, Mobile Devices, and Semiconductors, just to name a few. The organization's collection of FOSS software and technologies which they administrate is utterly massive and mind-spinning to even contemplate digesting. I will have a lot of homework to do and much to catch up on.</p><p style="margin:6px 0px;font-family:inherit">It will be a challenging position but one in which I know I will enjoy immensely as I will be working with colleagues who I have called my friends for many years. I look forward to collaborating and working with you and telling all of your stories.</p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-size:13px">JASON PERLOW</span></b><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sr. Technology Editor, ZDNet</span><br></font><table style="border:0pt none;table-layout:auto;white-space:normal;color:rgb(95,95,95);width:650px;font-size:11px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650px"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" width="400px"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Voice/Text (561)510-0063<br><span><a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com" title="[GMCP] Compose a new mail to jperlow@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><font color="#333333">jperlow@gmail.com</font></a></span><br><span><span style="color:rgb(70,107,176)">ZDNet Tech Broiler: </span><a href="http://www.techbroiler.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#333333">www.techbroiler.com</font></a></span></b></font><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:0px"><span style="color:rgb(70,107,176)"><br><b><font size="2">Socialize Me:</font></b></span><b><font size="2"> <font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jperlow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | </font><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">Instag</a></font><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">ram</a> |</font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/techperlow" target="_blank">FaceBook</a><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"> | </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonperlow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"> | </span></font></b><font color="#666666"><br></font></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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