SuSE Linux Showcases Well-Known Linux Experts at LinuxWorld Expo.Business Editors/Technology Writers CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Dirk Hohndel and SuSE's Team of Industry Experts to Demonstrate Technical Superiority of Newly Released SuSE 7.1 and New Open Source Directives NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2001 Today, SuSE Linux A Linux distribution from the SuSE Linux division of Novell. Both consumer and enterprise versions are available, and the distribution includes several user interfaces. SuSE Linux comes with the Yet Another Setup Tool (YaST), which is used to install, configure and maintain the OS, as , the international technology leader and solutions provider in open source operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) software, announced the availability of several key developers at the SuSE booth during LinuxWorld Expo in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . In addition to CTO Dirk Hohndel's keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. on Friday, Feb. 2nd, the team of SuSE experts at the show includes: -- Alan Robertson, architect of Heartbeat, STONITH, and other high-availability software for Linux -- Anas Nashif, expert in supercomputing cluster technology on Linux, developer of the beowulf clustering materials for SuSE 7.1 -- Andrea Arcangeli, Linux kernel developer, developed the big memory patch for the 2.4 kernel, networking These SuSE staff members are available during the show at the SuSE booth, no. 1539. "Mr. Robertson, Mr. Nashif, and Ms. Arcangeli are well known in the Linux community and their contributions to Open Source are an integral part of the success of Linux," commented Volker Wiegand, President of SuSE Inc. The recent release of SuSE Linux 7.1, which includes the newly released Kernel 2.4, is particularly noteworthy with Mr. Nashif and Mr. Arcangeli playing important roles in its development. In addition to being the primary architect of effective and stable high-availability software such as Heartbeat, Mr. Robertson is working on the project to create a version of SGI's FailSafe for Linux. Other SuSE staff members at the show who are also prominent Linux developers include Keith Packard Keith Packard is a software developer, best known for his work on the X Window System. Packard is responsible for many X extensions and technical papers on X. He has been heavily involved in the development of X since the late 1980s, at the MIT X Consortium, XFree86 and , XFree86 Project, Kurt Granroth, Developer/Evangelist/KDE Component Technologies, and Waldo Bastian, KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. Core Developer, all of whom are also speaking at LWE LWE Louisiana World Exposition LWE Liquid Whole Egg LWE Lower Window Edge LWE Linux Wireless Extensions LWE Linux World Conference and Expo . The SuSE booth is located in position 1539 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center and the SuSE team members are available to the media, developer community, and the general public throughout the show. About SuSE SuSE Linux is the international technology leader and solutions provider in Open Source operating system (OS) software. SuSE's unique expertise in Linux and its largest development team worldwide dedicated to Open Source software has contributed to the recognition of SuSE as the most complete Linux solution available today. SuSE Linux AG, headquartered in Germany, and SuSE Inc., based in Oakland, CA, are privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. focused entirely on supporting the Linux community and Open Source development. With a workforce of more than 500 people worldwide, SuSE has offices throughout Europe, Latin America and in the US. More information please see www.suse.com. SuSE is a registered trademark of SuSE Linux AG. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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