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Daniel Robbins is a software developer best known as the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project. The Gentoo Linux operating system (pronounced ) is a Linux distribution named after the Gentoo penguin. ...
Background
During his time as a system administrator at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Robbins first came into contact with Linux. He became a developer on Stampede Linux, and later formed his own distribution Enoch Linux, before finally creating Gentoo in 2002. The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ...
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The Gentoo Linux operating system (pronounced ) is a Linux distribution named after the Gentoo penguin. ...
He has also been a fairly prolific technical writer, writing well-regarded tutorials for IBM and the Gentoo project, among others. A technical writer creates documentation for a field or technology. ...
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ...
Gentoo The Gentoo Linux distribution created enormous interest almost immediately. It remains by far the most high-profile source-based Linux distribution, and the quality of its documentation, and friendliness of its forums have been widely praised. The Gentoo Linux operating system (pronounced ) is a Linux distribution named after the Gentoo penguin. ...
However, like many other free software projects, Gentoo struggled to create a business model which would support its key developers: This article is about free software as defined by the sociopolitical free software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. ...
The term business model is relatively recent. ...
"I very much want to find a way to turn the Gentoo Linux project into a profitable enterprise. My main motivation in wanting to do this is so I can stop living from paycheck to paycheck and focus my professional efforts exclusively on Gentoo Linux development. Many of our developers would like to do the same thing". OSNews.com, 15 May, 2002. [1] Robbins resigned as Chief Architect on April 26, 2004[2], citing considerable personal debt[3], and a desire to spend more time with his family, formed the Gentoo Foundation and transferred all Gentoo intellectual property to it, so that Gentoo is now run as a full community-based model. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On Monday, 26 April 2004, Daniel Robbins, founder of Gentoo Linux, stepped down as Chief Architect of the project. ...
In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain names, written and recorded media, and inventions. ...
In early August 2006, Robbins confirmed in a blog post that he was looking at actively contributing to Gentoo again[4], and later that month began his mentorship under Christel Dahlskjaer[5]. As of February 27th Daniel's developer status was reinstated and he joined the amd64 team[6], but Robbins announced that he was resigning from the project again on the 4th of March[7].
Microsoft Robbins' move to Microsoft, on 13 June 2005, attracted attention[8] [9] within the Linux community, which has historically had a combative relationship with Microsoft. He described his role working for Bill Hilf as "...helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects..." [10]. Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ...
June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Bill Hilf leads the Linux and Open Source Software technology group at Microsoft. ...
However, Robbins resigned less than a year later on 16 January 2006 due to frustrations that he was unable to fully utilize his technical skills in this position. [11]. January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- (Daniel C. Robbins[12], interface designer at Microsoft Research is a different person).
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Socorro is a city located in Socorro County, New Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley, at an elevation of 4579 feet. ...
External links - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html Example tutorial article at IBM
- His own blog
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