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Debian founder joins Sun

Sun has hired Ian Murdock, who founded the Debian version of Linux and who has held... Read more

20 March, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Sun gears Solaris for Linux users

...project is one of the items on the to-do list of Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian version of Linux, and, as of March... Read more

10 May, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Linux is not a product

It's time to view Linux less as a product and more as a collection of components or a process Read more

1 August, 2003 by Ian Murdock

Sun updates NetBeans with PHP support

...multiple languages simplifies development. It's all about making developers more productive," Ian Murdock, Sun's vice president of developer and community marketing, said in... Read more

20 November, 2008 by Matthew Broersma

Debian suffers from community growing pains

...form their own bespoke system. Started in August 1993 by software engineer Ian Murdock, the system was named after Murdock's wife Deb(ra) in... Read more

22 April, 2008 by Adrian Bridgwater

Sun names Xen-based hypervisor 'xVM'

...Project Indiana, the Linux-like incarnation of OpenSolaris led by Debian founder Ian Murdock. The first version of Indiana is due around March 2008, Hamilton... Read more

14 September, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Sun reveals project to help OpenSolaris

...consensus-driven, "there may be a real need for a sole arbiter, Ian Murdock", who is Sun's chief operating systems officer and a founder... Read more

1 June, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Ubuntu lets loose 'Feisty Fawn'

Canonical has released version 7.04 of Ubuntu Linux, and found its website swamped with hits Read more

20 April, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Portland looks to unite Linux GUIs

...single application that integrates well in both environments," Linux Standard Base chairman Ian Murdock said in an interview. But, he added, the Portland Project is... Read more

4 April, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Linux standard improves C++ support

...versions of major Debian-based commercial distributions will be LSB-certified," said Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian and the leader of the DCC Alliance... Read more

20 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Debian start-up wants more funding

...on the prowl for new funding, a company co-founder has confirmed. Ian Murdock, chief strategy officer and a co-founder of both Debian and... Read more

15 August, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Consortium to push Debian to the fore

...that is due to be announced at LinuxWorld in California next month. Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and also the chairman of Linux provider Progeny... Read more

26 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Corel Linux plans up in the air

...based on the Debian distribution. When contacted for comment on the rumour, Ian Murdock, president and CEO of Progeny said, "If Corel Linux is discontinued... Read more

21 November, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Photos: The top tech Twitterers

...plenty to follow: Mitch Kapor founder of Lotus and the Mozilla Foundation, Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux (albeit merely... Read more

23 March, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

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