“Brett Person Joins As Senior Member of Technical Support
Team and Open Source Community Liaison.“
“Penguin Computing Inc., leading provider of reliable Linux
systems for Internet serving, today announced that Brett Person,
co-founder of Slackware, has joined the company as a senior member
of the technical support team. Person brings to Penguin Computing
more than 15 years of software development expertise, including
five years as a core team member developing Slackware Linux, one of
the earliest distributions of the operating system. He also held
development-consulting positions with IBM, North Dakota State
University and the North Dakota Department of Rehabilitation.”
“A Linux expert, Person will be a valuable addition as Penguin
Computing continues to grow technical support services for its
product offerings – systems that integrate the market leading Red
Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT) Linux distribution. In addition, Person will be
a key member of Penguin Computing’s Open Source community relations
team.”
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