Ian Jackson
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Ian W. Jackson is a long time Free Software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg, SAUCE, userv and debbugs. He used to maintain the Linux FAQ. He runs chiark.greenend.org.uk, a popular server, home to PuTTY among other things.
Jackson has a PhD from Cambridge University and he currently works for Canonical Ltd; he used to work for the nCipher Corporation.
He became Debian Project Leader in January 1998. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 (hamm) was released during this time. He is now chair of the Debian Technical Committee. Ian was vice-president and then president of Software in the Public Interest in 1998 and 1999; he remains on the Board of Directors.
Wichert Akkerman took his place as Debian Project Leader in 1999. Ian also passed the dpkg maintainership to him later on.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style. – Ian Jackson in [1]
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| Preceded by: Bruce Perens |
Debian Project Leader January 1998 – December 1998 |
Succeeded by: Wichert Akkerman |
