How many O's?

[jbailey]

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Well, I've hinted at it and told enough friends, I should get around to posting it: As of the end of this month, I'll be moving on from Canonical. By my calculations, I was something around employee #30, the first support tech, and I've had a great chance to build the support organisation up to where Linux Format magazine rated us as tied with RedHat ahead of Novell in this August's issue.

So what's up?

Well, those of you following along might remember a cute little bundle of joy entering my life. A couple of months in, I've realised that I can't stay on top of being with him and growing a 7x24 operation at this critical time in Canonical's growth. I'll be taking the month of August to be with Angie and Leif, and in September will start a new job with Google in the Open Source Program Office. I don't know the details of what I'll be doing there (The Google Omertà, as one friend called it... *g*), but Google as a company is well aware of what happens with brand-new parents and the mad readjustment of priorities.

Angie and I are currently selling our place in Montréal in prep for moving to San Francisco at the end of August. I want to make sure I see people before we go, and if you're interested in buying the place, give us a call. =) Also, if you're in the Bay Area, a vegan, a parent, into Yoga/fitness, speaking French, etc., we'd love to meet you for tea sometime!

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Good Luck

[(Anonymous)]

I would like to wish you the best of luck raising your kid to speak French. My wife was born and raised in Montreal, and French was her first language (mother was an anglophone, so she speaks both languages, but spent her time in the French school system). Anyways, her family moved to Texas when she was 14, and her French reallly suffered. At university, she majored in French. Most people thought this was just the "easy thing to do". But, she was exposed to all sorts of French authors she had never read, in addition other aspects of French culture (as in the country France). Even though she "already spoke French", her studies allowed her to keep up with her French (her brother and sister don't speak very well). My wife is saddened by the fact that she can't speak her first language as well as her second. I see through her that speaking French is very difficult to do in the US. My wife's French identity is very important to her, as I am sure it is for you. I hope that you are able to hold onto that part of your identity.