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{{Quote|I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.|Ian Jackson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy-9804/msg00358.html|title=Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy|date=1998-04-28|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref>.}} |
{{Quote|I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.|Ian Jackson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy-9804/msg00358.html|title=Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy|date=1998-04-28|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref>.}} |
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{{Quote|Race your own race.|Ian Jackson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy-9804/msg00358.html|title=Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy|date=1998-04-28|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref>.}} |
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{{Quote|Don't eat cheese before noon.|Ian Jackson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy-9804/msg00358.html|title=Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy|date=1998-04-28|accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref>.}} |
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==External links== |
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Revision as of 07:45, 1 October 2008
Ian W. 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 XenSource; 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 chair 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.
Quotes
I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
— Ian Jackson[2].
External links
References
- ^ Who goes here ? Confidentiality of location through anonymity http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/thesis/
- ^ "Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy". 1998-04-28. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
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