|
| |
Philip Gladstone
Linux :
Akteure : Personen
: Philip Gladstone : Übersicht
07-Dec-2001/09-Jan-07
Übersicht
Philip was interested in making Linux a good platform
for timekeeping. He added the kernel phase locked loop and ``fixed a
bunch of problems with timekeeping.'' He continues to assist in this
area of development, but his ``principal area is now bug-fixing obscure
conditions.''
Linux was not Philip's first experience with developing software via the
Internet. He had done so previously with Tom Lane. This work produced
the initial version of the IJG (Independent JPEG Group) JPEG library.
The recent mission of the Mars Pathfinder used JPEG encoding, but Philip
has not yet been able to determine if this included his work.
In 1991, Linux found him working as a consultant for a large New York
City-based bank. Philip was concerned with connecting the company to the
Internet. He relates it best:
We needed to build a system to act as the name server. Somehow I found
out about Linux, and I built a system on a 386 running 0.99pl15 and
bind. It served as the external DNS server for many years--only
rebooting after power failures.
Philip ``can't say anything'' about his new job, where he works for a
new startup in the Network Security field. He still runs Linux on his
laptop and home systems, but home life allows for only the occasional
bug fix. He adds, ``my principal contributions [to Linux] are now
work-related. There are times when I produce something at work that can
be given back to the community.''
He still views Linux as a good platform for ``certain types of
solutions.'' Having more support for Linux from hardware manufacturers
on the driver end is necessary. ``It's not realistic to rely on the free
software community to produce drivers for everything.'' Philip doesn't
see Linux taking the desktop in the next three years, citing ``no
consistency in user interface style'' as one problem. He does feel that
Linux should be able to hold the server market, as long as ``the
management tools are improved.''
Is there a life outside computing? Philip says, ``Very much so. If you
never have children, then you will miss out on something much more
important than computers.'' He is married, has a daughter and another
child is on the way.
Philip Gladstone can be reached at
philip@gladstonefamily.net.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4037.
Quellennachweis Abbildung: .
| |
 Gladstone, Ph.: |
|
Name: Besucher.
Online: 36 aktive User.
|
| Login |
Logout
|
|
|
Benachrichtigen bei Änderungen: |
|
|
|
|
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 »Sarge«,
mit Debian-Anwenderhandbuch.
DVD-ROM +
Bonus-DVD
 EUR
49,90
(versandkostenfrei)
|
Debian GNU/Linux Power Pack.
von
Peter H. Ganten und
Wulf Alex.
946 Seiten, zwei DVDs
EUR 69,95
(versandkostenfrei) |
|
Ubuntu: |
Ubuntu/Kubuntu 5.10,
mit Handbuch.
EUR
29,90
(versandkostenfrei)
|
|
SuSE
Linux: |
SUSE
Linux 10.0 deutsch.
von Novell
EUR
48,95
(versandkostenfrei)
|
SuSE
Linux 9.3 Professional
von Novell.
EUR
82,99
(versandkostenfrei)
|
SuSE
Linux 9.3 Professional Update.
von Novell
EUR 59,95
(versandkostenfrei) |
|
Red
Hat Linux: |
|
Red Hat Linux
Professional Workstation.
EUR 99,95
(versandkostenfrei)
|
Red Hat Linux 9 Personal.
Red Hat Linux 9 Professional.
ab EUR 39,99
(versandkostenfrei) |
|
 |
Thematisch verwandte Subsites:
Apple,
BSD,
Hardware,
Internet,
Microsoft Windows,
Networking,
Open Content,
Open Source & Free Software,
Politik,
Recht,
Safety,
Security,
Shopping,
Software,
The Tark,
Webworking,
Wissen. |
 |
|
|
Kefk Network :
GNU/Linux |
About |
Wiki.
