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 -- $_=')(hBCdzVnS})3..0}_$;//::niam/s~=)]3[))_$(rellac(=_$({pam(esrever })e$.)4/3* )e$(htgnel+23(rhc,"u"(kcapnu ,""nioj ;|_- |/+9-0z-aZ-A|rt~=e$;_$=e${pam tnirp{y V2ajFGabus} yV2ajFGa&{gwmclBHIbus}gwmclBHI&{yVGa09mbbus}yVGa09mb&{hBCdzVnSbus'; s/\n//g;s/bus/\nbus/g;eval scalar reverse # <mailto:marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
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