Philip Ballister is best known in the Embedded Linux community for his work on OpenEmbedded and OpenSDR projects. Philip presents frequently at global Embedded Linux conferences as well as various symposiums specific to Software Defined Radio (SDR). An advocate for open hardware and software systems, Philip can be found providing detailed technical support to the Embedded Linux community online within the BeagleBoard, OpenEmbedded, and OpenSDR communities.The following is an interview with Philip where he tells us a little about his current work and passions.
Jeremy Puhlman is a Senior Product Architect at MontaVista Software. Jeremy is involved in much of MontaVista's product offerrings, but in particular he has provided significant guidance to the development of MontaVista Linux. Jeremy is also active in the Open Source communities around The Yocto Project, OpenEmbedded and BitBake. For additional reading, please see MontaVista's Contribution to The Yocto Project on Meld Bytes.The following is an interview with Jeremy where he shares a little about his current work and passions.
Jason Kridner is best known in the Embedded Linux Community for his work on the BeagleBoard project. As the lead evangelist of the BeagleBoard project at Texas Instruments, Jason participates tirelessly in the Embedded Linux community mentoring and training developers new to the BeagleBoard or to embedded development in general. Jason has conducted several extremely popular hands-on hacking sessions at Embedded Linux conferences and continues to move the community forward at every opportunity.The following is an interview with Jason where he shares a little about his current work and passions.
Koen Kooi is best known in the Embedded Linux Community for his work on the OpenEmbedded Project, and Angstrom Distribution. Koen tirelessly provides support to the BeagleBoard community and can be found demonstrating the capabilities of the BeagleBoard at many of the Embedded Linux conferences around the world.The following is an interview with Koen where he shares a little about his current work and passions.
David Anders is best known in the Embedded Linux Community as a strong advocate for open tools, open hardware and community accessible resources. He believes passionately in the Embedded Linux Community and has contributed extensively through speaking engagements, contributions to community wikis, and in assisting large vendors with their community enabling efforts, such as Texas Instruments BeagleBoard and PandaBoard programs. The following is an interview with David where he shares a little about his current work and passions.
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Min has been working on OS and device driver development for over 10 years. He calls it bit-banging since his work always deals with register bits. Currently he maintains the Linux kernel. His wish is to one day to explain his daily duties to non-technical friends in a one-liner. When not in front of a Linux shell prompt, Min supports his mom's IT needs. When there are no mom-generated IT tickets, Min likes to take photography, go snowboarding, and study French.
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Doug Abbott is the founder and principal at Intellimetrix, a consulting firm specializing in embedded firmware development and training. Much of Doug's background is in the areas of instrumentation and data acquisition. About 10 years ago he decided to jump on the Linux bandwagon and started teaching seminars on it a couple years later. [10/16/09 - 12/10/09]
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Alcatel-Lucent
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