> My association with VA Linux Systems came to and end last week. Many of > you will not know that I was never actually an employee of Precision > Insight or VA. I started at PI as a contractor, with the expectation > that once US work visa issues were resolved I'd relocate from Australia > and come on as a full-time employee. Of course, the acquisition of PI > by VA happened during this time, which made things slightly more complex > than I had hoped. > > Unfortunately, due to circumstances I will not go into here, I never > actually became an employee of VA and my contract was cancelled at the > end of last month. > > What does this mean with respect to the DRI and Mesa projects? At the > very least, I am going to take a well-earned break from things, and put > aside all of my recent work on the DRM, Mesa 3.5 and the various > drivers. Some of the work that's nearing completion (backwards > compatibility stuff in the DRM in particular) will be handed over to VA, > but I've stopped working on everything else. > > This break may very well turn into a permanant thing, and if that is the > case I wish everyone the best of luck, it has been great working on Mesa > and the drivers for the last year or two. I will certainly follow > progress with interest no matter what happens. > > Oh yeah, and this is my permanent email address as well, for those who > want it. > > -- Gareth I am very sad about this. Thank you for all of your input and great work! -Dieter -- Dieter Nützel Graduate Student, Computer Science University of Hamburg Department of Computer Science Cognitive Systems Group Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30 D-22527 Hamburg, Germany email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] @home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
