Due to the the current economic situation, Mandriva has recently laid off all of its ‘external’ contractors. This means, basically, everyone not working at the corporate offices in France, and Brazil. Unfortunately, this includes Adam Williamson, the man who has arguably done the most to interface between the users and the developers / corporate. Adam has been the “face” of Mandriva for several years. Not only on the official Mandriva forums, but in magazine interviews, blogs, and other *nix forums. It seemed he was always there, to lend a hand, to correct others’ mistakes about Mandriva, to do whatever he could to keep Mandriva, and Linux in general, moving forward. (more…)
