While details of the sudden departure of Kamar Aulakh, CEO of Quark, Incorporated, have been scanty at best, the news has begun to make it around the electronic world.
A quick read of these–which are all just the Quark-issued press release, in whole or in fragments–seem to endorse the conventional wisdom that Quark had entered a new, customer-focused régime under Aulakh.
The reasons behind Aulakh’s leaving remain a mystery at this hour.
- “Quark on the hunt for New CEO”,Macworld
- “Quark CEO abruptly leaves post”, ZDNet
- “Quark Parts Ways with CEO”, Publish
- “Quark CEO Departs, Replacement Search Underway”, AppleInsider
- “Quark CEO Gone”, Graphic Exchange News, Canada
- “Quark Initiates Search for CEO”, dBusiness News, Denver
The ultimate effect on DTP and the status of Quark as a going concern, of course, remain to be seen.
According to a post on Slashdot from someone he knows who works for Quark their former CEO has testicular cancer. Check it out > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=152269&cid=12777374
Well, that would certainly speak to the suddenness and secretiveness over which this has precipitated. Cancer being such a personal thing to have to deal with, many people prefer to deal with that amongst themselves and thier loved ones and close associates.
If that’s the case, I with Mr Aulakh all the good wishes in the world.