This is a summary of the AM report for Week Ending 6 Feb 2005.
6 applicants became maintainers.
Dave Beckett <dajobe>
"I am a developer primarily working on semantic web standards and
software development with lots of experience in portability,
packaging, auto* tools and developing across higher-level languages
(C and perl, python, ruby, tcl, java, php, C#). I am a strong
supporter of open standards for the web and internet, which to me
means royalty-free and have promoted and developed these in many=20
places. I hope to apply my experience across languages and
architectures to packaging and my background in openness and freedom
to the project in the large."
Peter Eisentraut <petere>
"My involvement in free software started in 1999 when I worked as a
software developer and database administrator for an ISP who was
basing its entire IT infrastructure on "Linux". I had to scratch
the proverbial itch several times and stuck around the PostgreSQL
development team ever since. From there work branched off into
several other projects, such as GNU Autoconf, GNU Libtool, and the
DocBook DSSSL stylesheets. From the very beginning a large part of
my work was in build systems, configuration interfaces, general
user-friendliness, documentation, later also internationalization
work. Therefore I worked a lot with packagers and got to know
various operating system philosophies.
I started using Debian more extensively about a year ago, both
personally and at work. After a period of (BTS-)bugging people I
am now attempting to be more constructive by maintaining a few
packages that I was missing or that need help. I am also trying to
raise awareness outside of Debian about issues such as free Java or
bogus handcrafted licenses.
I use free software because it allows me and my customers to keep
control over their computer, it fosters cooperation and learning,
and ultimately leads to better systems. Debian is the most viable
project that provides me with a fully free operating system and an
open community.
During the day hours I work for credativ GmbH, whom you know as a
Debian Development Partner. Additionally, I work towards a
Master's degree in Software Systems Engineering at RWTH Aachen."
Mike Hommey <glandium>
"So, i'm near 25 years old, french (even if my name doesn't look french) and my
first contact with a computer was in 1984, when my father sat me in front of
an Oric Atmos. Because the computer was really expensive and the games too, i
had to program my own (little) games in Basic :-p. That definitely introduced
me to the world of computing :-p
[...]
My first contact with Debian GNU/Linux was on a friend's Atari Falcon machine,
and the main thing i remember from that experience is the really impressive
debian packaging system, far beyond rpm. I can't remember which Debian
release it was, but it must have been a 1.x.
My first Debian GNU/Linux install was a slink, in late 1999, when a collegue
told me to try it. Since then, I use Debian GNU/Linux on a daily basis at
work, and finally dropped Windows for desktop at home about a year and a half
ago.
Andrew Mitchell <ajmitch>
I am a 22-year-old computer science student studying at University of
Otago, New Zealand. My initial exposure to free software came through
using GNU/Linux starting in 1998 with Mandrake, and then Debian from
late 2000 onwards. After discovering the freedom offered in such
systems I started to get involved in free software projects, such as
GNU Enterprise, and DotGNU. I wish to join Debian in order to help build
a free software community & distribution, giving back some of the time &
effort I've saved by using such software.
Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal>
I started as a user of free software with GNU/Linux 0.95 back in 1992
and as a Debian user since 1996 with Debian 1.1 (Buzz). I have used
Debian both at work and at home for many years.
I fully agree and advocate both the DFSG and the Debian Social Contract.
I've been working as systems programmer for more than 15 years and at
the moment I'm a staff memeber of the IT Services Division
(http://www.its.monash.edu.au/) of Monash University, the largest
university in Australia.
I'm also completing a masters degree in Digital Communications at the
same university.
I would like to work for debian maintaining my packages, helping others
as a mentor and improving both the security and quality of debian.
Thomas Viehmann <tviehmann>
I learned to program at about the same time I learned to read and
write. After school I enrolled for the computer science program at
the University of Bonn (Germany). Over the time I realized to prefer
math, an completed a degree (Diplom) in mathematics. I'm currently
studying for a Ph.D. in geometric analysis. I speak German, English,
French, and some Spanish, but have not been in any Spanish-speaking
countries yet.
Software stuff:
Programming has been a hobby for quite a while. I used to run a BBS
system (in fido net), I guess the idea of sharing information is
somewhat natural to me. I sold computers and taught programming
classes while in high school and college, now that I have the
opportunity to do math for a living, programming is again a hobby.
My first GNU/Linux had been on a cd by Yggdrasil. Over the years,
I have come to value free software for its quality and the
opportunity to adapt it to my needs. I have the annoying habit of
wasting my time to fix shortcomings I see when working around them
would be much simpler.
Debian:
I have been using Debian for about five years (at the time of
writing, February 2004). Eventually, I found a lack of home banking
software and decided to fill that gap. Later on, I started helping
out with dput when Christian Kurz looked for comaintainers one year
ago. More recently, I adopted phpgroupware which I use and which
needed help.
So basically, I try to make Debian more useful to me and help out
when I have something useful to contribute.
In my opinion, volunteers basically contribute time, skill, and
experience. Debian seems to be a project where I can contribute
without having the great welth of experience of life required for
other projects.
Marc
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