[NTLUG:Discuss] Any interest in hearing from Ian Murdock?

[Bob Netherton]

> Would you please provide some background for all of us who do 
> not know enough.

Fair enough.  From the about me page on Ian's blog
(http://ianmurdock.com)

I’m chief OS platform strategist at Sun Microsystems and chair of the
Linux Standard Base (LSB), the Linux platform interoperability standard.

Prior to joining Sun, I was CTO of the Linux Foundation (formed through
the merger of OSDL and the Free Standards Group, where I was CTO).

Prior to joining the Free Standards Group, I was cofounder, chairman,
and chief strategist of Progeny, a Linux distribution vendor that builds
custom Linux platforms for companies building server appliances and
other Linux powered products.

I founded Debian in 1993 and led the project from its inception to 1996.
(The name “Debian” is a concatenation of “Deb”, my wife’s name, and
“Ian”.) 


That should give you an idea of what Ian did prior to joining Sun.  Now
that he has had a chance to take a look around Sun I thought it might be
interesting to invite him to Dallas and share his thoughts about
what he might try to do with OpenSolaris and what if anything it might
mean to parts of the Linux community.  He has certainly been vocal
about things like installer experiences and packing mechanisms.


Bob