Andrew Morton (computer programmer): Difference between revisions

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In July 2003, Morton joined the [[OSDL|Open Source Development Labs]] under an agreement with his then-employer Digeo Inc. (makers of the [[Moxi]] home entertainment media center), in which OSDL supported Morton's Linux kernel development work while he continued in his official role as principal engineer at Digeo <ref>[http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5459090567.html linuxdevices.com - OSDL adds Andrew Morton, Linux kernel maintainer, to its resources]</ref>.

Since August 2006, Morton has been employed by [[Google]] and continues his current work in maintaining the kernel. <ref>[http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/6/16 Linux kernel mailing list], August 6, 2006</ref> <ref>[http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2006080303126NWCYKN Linux Today], August 3, 2006</ref>

Andrew Morton delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Ottawa Linux Symposium. He was also a featured speaker at [[MontaVista]] Software's Vision 2007 Conference. <ref>[http://www.mvista.com/vision/index.html MontaVista VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Developers Conference<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

He is an expert witness in the [[SCO v. IBM]] lawsuit contesting [[UNIX]] copyrights. <ref>[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060719122732946 Groklaw], July 19, 2006</ref>

Andrew is also known by his username ''akpm'', as found in e-mail addresses and as part of the URL to his webpage. On being asked what the initials KP stood for, he replied, "Some say 'Kernel Programmer.' My parents said 'Keith Paul.'"<ref>[http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/10/459 LKML: Andrew Morton: Re: Please revert 5b479c91da90eef605f851508744bfe8269591a0 (md partition rescan)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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*[http://www.linuxworld.com.au/pp.php?id=1546887162&taxid=24 Interview]; Nadia Cameron; LinuxWorld; July 16, 2003.

*[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040802115731932 Keynote speech; Ottawa Linux Symposium, 2004]

*[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm Interview]; Ingrid Marson; ZDNet UK; May 055, 2006.

*[http://www.fosdem.org/2007/interview/andrew+morton Interview]; Fosdem Conference; Feb 06, 2007.

*[http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail594.html Audio of Talk at SDForum]

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