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Shane Collinge
Part computer programmer, part cartoonist, part Mars Bar. At night, he runs
around in a pair of colorful tights fighting criminals. During the day... well,
he just runs around. He eats when he's hungry and sleeps when he's sleepy.
Fernando Correa
Fernando is a computer analyst just about to finish his
graduation at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Now, he has built
with his staff the best
Linux portal in Brazil and have further
plans to improve services and content for their Internet users.
Jim Dennis
Jim Dennis
is the proprietor of
Starshine Technical Services.
His professional experience includes work in the technical
support, quality assurance, and information services (MIS)
departments of software companies like
Quarterdeck,
Symantec/
Peter Norton Group, and
McAfee Associates -- as well as
positions (field service rep) with smaller VAR's.
He's been using Linux since version 0.99p10 and is an active
participant on an ever-changing list of mailing lists and
newsgroups. He's just started collaborating on the 2nd Edition
for a book on Unix systems administration.
Jim is an avid science fiction fan -- and recently got
married at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim.
Pat Eyler
"pate" is a linux/unix/networking geek who enjoys playing on the
command line. When he's not puttering with or writing about computers
and networks he likes to play with his kids, cook, and read. Talk to
him at pate@gnu.org.
Nicolay Alfredo GIRALDO Leiva
I'm an undergraduate ex-student of Computer Sciences. I left the university
for economic reasons and now I'm technical consultant and writer. I have been
programming since the age of 15, but I made my first real programs when I was in
the university, except for a tetris clone.
Eric Kasten
I'm a software developer by day and an artist, web developer,
big dog, gardener and wine maker by night. This all leaves very little
time for sleep, but always enough time for a nice glass of Michigan
Pinot Gris. I have a BS double major in Computer Science and
Mathematics and an MS in Computer Science. I've been using and
modifying Linux since the 0.9x days. I can be reached via email at
kasten@sunpuppy.com or through
my website at http://www.sunpuppy.com.
Sean Lamb
I'm currently working on completing my BS degree in Computer Science at Lakeland
College (begun earlier at the University of California, Riverside). I've been
involved in computer support for the past 6 years, via phone, fax, and email,
and I have created documentation for use by end users (some articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base) and other support staff (published in-house as either
individual documents or on the support intranet), and I contributed some
chapters to "Special Edition Using KDE" from Que publishing (now in print). I
have done some application development on MS-DOS platforms and have begun
developing a pair of applications for my Linux box. I am currently employed as
a software developer working in C++ with Informix on a mix of Linux and AIX
servers. When I'm not playing with or writing about Linux, I can usually be
found working on my model railroad.
Mark Nielsen
Mark founded The Computer Underground, Inc. in June of 1998. Since then,
he has been working on Linux solutions for his customers ranging from custom
computer hardware sales to programming and networking. Mark specializes in Perl,
SQL, and HTML programming along with Beowulf clusters. Mark believes in the
concept of contributing back to the Linux community which helped to start his
company. Mark and his employees are always looking for exciting projects to do.
Krassimir Petrov
Krassimir has a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Ohio State University. He
also has an MA in Economics and a BA in Business (Finance, Accounting,
Management).
Mike Orr
Mike is the Editor of the Linux Gazette. You can read what he has to
say in the Back Page column in this issue. He has been a Linux enthusiast
since 1991 and a Debian user since 1995. He is SSC's web technical
coordinator, which means he gets to write a lot of Python scripts.
Non-computer interests include Ska/Oi! music and the international language
Esperanto.
Martin Skjöldebrand
Martin is a former archaeologist who now does system
administration for a 3rd world aid organisation. He also does web
design and has been playing with computers since 1982 and Linux since
1997.
Dave Wreski
Dave has been involved with Internet and computer security for five
years, and has contributed to the development of Linux since the early
1990's. He was recently commissioned by a major technology publishing
firm to write a definitive book on Linux Security. Dave has acted as the
Internet security architect for United Parcel Service, the author of
several Linux security articles, and co-authors the Linux Security
HOWTO.
Not Linux
There's been a flurry of activity behind the scenes this month.
The Answer Gang is finally on track and has taken over all tech-support
questions to the Gazette. We're also experimenting with ways to
improve the TAG index and LG FAQ to make it easier to find previous
answers to (and articles about) frequently-asked questions.
This issue also marks the debut of the new cartoon series
Tuxedo Tails.
News Bytes was not available by the publishing deadline and will return
next month.
Happy Linuxing!
Michael Orr
Editor, Linux Gazette, gazette@ssc.com
This page written and maintained by the Editor of the Linux Gazette.
Copyright © 2000, gazette@ssc.com
Published in Issue 56 of Linux Gazette, August 2000