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Suse Linux Founder Exits Novell: Page 2 of 2

Mantel said Novell likely will fill his role at Suse, which was similar to those of Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton in the development of the Linux kernel. Mantel also indicated that he sent his letter of resignation to Novell's upper management.

"I have been the maintainer of the Suse kernel for more than a decade now," Mantel wrote. "I'm very confident the Novell management will find a competent successor very quickly. After all, there are lots of extremely skilled people over there in the Ximian division."

Mantel’s departure also comes less than a week after Novell announced a major restructuring that would result in 600 layoffs. It’s unclear if Mantel's resignation is related to the restructuring.