Phipps Exits Oracle

Filed in archive Business on March 12, 2010

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Sun Microsystems' Simon Phipps recently resigned from his position as chief open source officer at Oracle.

"Phipps, who had worked at Sun for nearly a decade, confirmed his decision to walk in a blog post on Monday," writes The Register's Kelly Fiveash. "His resignation marks the latest in a long line of big guns at Sun who have left the firm following Oracle's $7bn acquisition, which finally got regulatory approval in January this year."

"While Phipps says that he hasn't decided what he's doing next, he's still up for election for the OpenSolaris Governing Board," notes CMSWire's Dee-Ann LeBlanc. "If elected, this would bring him to the mandatory three term limit so it would be his last term on the Board."

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