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Patrick, a WordStar, Ashton-Tate and Lotus survivor, will be in Boston
By Linux News Desk
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November 11, 2007 03:30 PM EST
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David Patrick, CEO of Ximian before it was sold to Novell in 2003 and then general manager of Novell's Linux, NetWare and open source operation, has turned up as CEO of Xkoto, a clustered grid-scale database load balancing start-up. Coincidently, the company just got a $7.5 million B round led by GrandBanks Capital to add to its initial $10 million funding. Patrick replaces co-founder Albert Lee, who become Xkoto's chief strategy officer. The two-year-old company's in Toronto. Patrick, a WordStar, Ashton-Tate and Lotus survivor, will be in Boston.

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