Pacific HiTech Opens Australia-New Zealand Office; Asia's Largest Linux Company Hires Lead Samba Developer to Head New Office | Linux Today

Pacific HiTech Opens Australia-New Zealand Office; Asia’s Largest Linux Company Hires Lead Samba Developer to Head New Office

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 27, 1999

“John Terpstra, a 20-year veteran of the information technology
industry in Australia and a leader of the Samba development team,
will head up the new Pacific HiTech offices located in Sydney,
Australia. Terpstra will be responsible for sales, marketing and
support for Australia and New Zealand.”

“Terpstra said he would roll out Australia-wide Linux support in
March.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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