New CEOs for MandrakeSoft and SuSE [LWN.net]

MandrakeSoft has sent out an announcement that François Bancilhon will be taking charge as the new CEO of the company. He was a founder of companies like O2 Technology, Arioso, and Xyleme; he also served at CTO of SomaLogic. "After eighteen months of intensive restructuring, MandrakeSoft is showing extremely positive results: Revenue is up, while expenses have been drastically reduced. The company is now at the stage where it needs an experienced manager capable of taking it to the next level of development, while keeping the Open Source spirit which has always been one of MandrakeSoft's main strengths."

SuSE, meanwhile, has announced that its top job will be taken by Richard Seibt, a longtime IBM veteran.