Not saying it's a great career move (pushing FOSS), but things do change over time. 25 years ago we hired an ex-FDA employee as a consultant, he was available because he had championed harmonization of the US medical device regulation with the new ISO regulations to make a more uniform global framework for companies to comply with... yeah, before his time, but apparently - in an otherwise anti-globalization administration, the idea of globalization of medical device regulations is finally taking hold at US FDA...