Recordon told me he doesn’t want to say too much until after he’s actually started at Facebook, which will be on Monday. But I spoke to a few of his soon-to-be Facebook colleagues, and they sound excited: the 5-year-old company has never had an already-prominent open-source advocate on staff, like Google’s Chris DiBona.
Correction 2:25 p.m. PDT: This story initially misstated David Recordon’s new title at Facebook. It is senior open programs manager.
Facebook hires an open-source dude
The news started to emerge in various Twitter feeds and personal blog posts Monday: David Recordon, a Six Apart developer and prominent open-standards advocate, has left the blog software company to take a job at Facebook.
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