Will Mark Shuttleworth be Canonical's new CEO?

Canonical Ceo

Ubuntu 17.04 is more real than future, but not so with the future of Canonical. The news of Unity 8 and the Convergence has been a hard blow for many users and official projects, but even more for the employees who will be laid off.

Mark Shuttleworth has come up with certain statements, but even more important have been his silences. As the Phoronix website pointed out, Mark Shuttleworth could be Canonical's new CEO, replacing the current CEO, Jane Silber.

At the moment we do not know anything about it, but apparently this would have been discussed in an internal meeting held last Friday, according to the aforementioned website. Mark Shuttleworth would resume as CEO after the resignation of Jane Silber.

Who will be the new CEO of Canonical? Will there be a third candidate or will Jane Silber remain?

About this Shuttleworth has not said anything, but not the different reports and rumors that point to a more commercial change by Canonical and the result of this would be these decisions related to Ubuntu Phone, Mir and Unity 8, as well as the various layoffs that will occur over the next few weeks within Canonical's company.

At the end of this article we leave you a podcast of Compilando Podcast that explains the situation very well. To be specific, Canonical wants to go public and this means having benefits not only today but also for the future. This would justify the elimination of certain projects, but would also fit with the resignation of Jane Silber, Canonical's CEO but who shared an image with Mark Shuttleworth, the charismatic leader of the company.

If Mark Shuttleworth were to become CEO of the company, both the brand and the trust in the company would grow for many, increasing the value of Canonical. Although it must also be said that Jane Silber has been CEO of Canonical in its flourishing stage, so its absence could be counterproductive.

In any case, as we well say, on the part of the affected parties there is a great silence and possibly there will be until everything is over or at least the situation calms down. But What will be the result? What do you think?

More information - Compiling Podcast


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