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The most hated man in open source?
Sarah Lacy's attempt to humanize JBoss CEO Mark Fleury in Open Source Lightning Rod offers a sneek peak into the enigma that is JBoss's boss man.
Fleury owns up to the reputation that he has developed. Sitting in an unkempt office in a flashy Atlanta building, he downs a giant cup of coffee before dribbling Visine into red-rimmed eyes. He spits sunflower seeds in a cup as he talks about why people hate him. The old software world? They're jealous. Open-source zealots? "They probably hate me at night because they didn't have the cojones to go out and do [what I've done].
Posted by Dave Rosenberg on March 31, 2006 10:45 AM
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