Home > Archives > Additional Archives > Jon "maddog" Hall   Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International VA Linux Systems, Inc. 7071 Bayside Parkway Fremont, CA 94538-6517 http://www.valinux.com/about/staff/people/maddog.html/   Abstract: Jon "Maddog" Hall of Linux International will speak at UCSD on "Linux and Open Source Software in the New Millennium" under the auspices of SDSC and the San Diego Linux Users Group (SDLUG). The event will be held May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at UCSD's Price Center. Linux is an open-source operating system that runs on a variety of computers, from handheld devices to supercomputers, and is gaining popularity in both academic and commercial settings. Since meeting Linux pioneer Linus Torvalds in 1994, Hall has become one of the strongest, most effective, and most vocal supporters of Linux. Hall currently is executive director of Linux International, the non-profit association of user groups, corporations, and other interested parties that promotes the development of Linux. He lectures and teaches widely on Linux and also is one of the most prolific and popular authors of Linux-related books, including Linux For Dummies, second edition, from IDG Books. Hall has held senior technical, software development, and marketing jobs at Digital Equipment Corporation, Bell Labs, and Compaq. He has more than 25 years of experience in the computer industry, and was responsible for porting Linux to the DEC/Compaq Alpha processor. SDSC's hosting of the event was arranged by Phil Papadopoulos, group leader for Distributed Computing Development at SDSC and adjunct associate research professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego. SDSC's Distributed Computing Development group has just released version 2.0.1 of NPACI Rocks, a collection of open-source software tools, software, management techniques, monitoring infrastructure, and other useful items for building and maintaining Linux-based cluster computers. NPACI Rocks builds with a standard RedHat Linux distribution, and has been released under the GNU Public License.
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