Ian Jackson is a freeware author and developer of Debian . Jackson wrote dpkg , SAUCE , userv and debbugs . Used to accompany the Linux FAQ. Launched chiark.greenend.org.uk, a popular server that is home to the PuTTY project.
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Jackson holds a Ph.D. from Computer Science [1] at the University of Cambridge and is currently working for Citrix ; In the past he worked at Canonical Ltd. and nCipher Corporation .
He became the Debian Project Leader in January 1998 . Debian GNU / Linux 2.0 (Hamm) was released during this time. Until November 2014, he was a member of the Debian Technical Committee. [2] Ian was vice president and then president of Software in the Public Interest in 1998 and 1999 .
Wichert Ackermann took his place as the leader of the Debian project in 1999 . Later, Ian also handed over to him the maintenance of dpkg.
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- ↑ Who goes here? Confidentiality of location through anonymity . Chiark.greenend.org.uk. The appeal date is November 11, 2011. Archived September 4, 2012.
- ↑ Ian Jackson left Debian Technical Committee