Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson is a long time free software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg, SAUCE, userv and debbugs. He used to maintain the Linux FAQ. He runs chiark.greenend.org.uk, a popular server, home to PuTTY among other things.
Jackson has a PhD in Computer Science [1] from Cambridge University and he currently works for Citrix; he has in the past worked for Canonical Ltd. and nCipher Corporation.
He became Debian Project Leader in January 1998. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 (hamm) was released during this time. He is now a member of the Debian Technical Committee. Ian was vice-president and then president of Software in the Public Interest in 1998 and 1999.
Wichert Akkerman took his place as Debian Project Leader in 1999. Ian also passed the dpkg maintainership to him later on.
[edit] References
- ^ "Who goes here ? Confidentiality of location through anonymity". Chiark.greenend.org.uk. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/thesis/. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
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| Preceded by Bruce Perens |
Debian Project Leader January 1998 – December 1998 |
Succeeded by Wichert Akkerman |
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