Theodore Ts'o

Theodore "Ted" Ts'o (* 23 January 1968 in Palo Alto , California ) is a programmer and one of the most prominent Linux kernel - developers , particularly in the area of file systems .

Ts'o finished his computer science degree at MIT in 1990 , then worked at the Information Systems & Technology (IS&T) Institute, which is also located at MIT , until 1999. There he led the Kerberos V5 project team. Another station was VA Linux , now GeekNet, Inc. , where he stayed for two years.

From December 2001 to 2007, Theodore Ts'o was employed by IBM . He was employed there to increase the performance and scalability of the Linux kernel. Since December 2007, Ts'o has acted as Chief Platform Strategist for the Linux Foundation . Since December 18, 2008, he was Chief Technology Officer there , replacing Markus Rex , who returned to Novell. It was planned that he would return to IBM in December 2009.

In January 2010 he switched to Google , in whose role he also works as a kernel developer.

Ts'o is the programmer responsible for the user tools e2fsprogs - often called e2fs programs - for the ext file systems ext2 , ext3 and ext4 . As a Debian developer, he is mainly responsible for packages in the area of file systems.

Until June 2008 he was Treasurer of USENIX . He chairs the annual Linux Kernel Developers Summit s ( Linux Kernel Developers Summit ).

Theodore Ts'o received the FSF Award 2006 given by the Free Software Foundation . His numerous contributions were honored, including on the Linux kernel , Internet security, in particular the Kerberos protocol and the Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC) ), as well as for the development of the e2fs programs.

Fonts (selection)

Rémy Card , Theodore Ts'o, Stephen Tweedie : Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem . In: FB Brokken, K. Kubat, PW Plomp (Eds.): Proceedings to the First Dutch International Symposium on Linux, Amsterdam, December 8th and 9th, 1994. State University of Groningen, Groningen 1995, ISBN 90-367-0385- 9 ( online ).
Theodore Ts'o, Stephen Tweedie: Planned Extensions to the Linux Ext2 / Ext3 Filesystem . In: CG Demetriou (Ed.): Proceedings of the FREENIX Track: 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, June 10-15, 2002, Monterey, California, USA. USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA, 2002, ISBN 1-880446-01-4 , pp. 235-244 ( www.usenix.org , e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net ).

Individual evidence

^ The Linux Foundation: Linux Kernel Developer Ted Ts'o Joins Linux Foundation as Chief Platform Strategist . December 4, 2007. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved on December 20, 2007: "The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Linux kernel filesystem maintainer Ted Ts" o is joining the organization as a Fellow and chief platform strategist. "
^ Linux Foundation Appoints Ted Ts'o to Position of Chief Technology Officer , The Linux Foundation. December 18, 2008. "Linux Foundation Appoints Ted Ts'o to Position of Chief Technology Office."
↑ Ted T'so: Proud to be a Googler . January 12, 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
^ Peter Brown: Ted Ts'o wins the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software , Free Software Foundation. March 26, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2012.

Web links

Homepage ( Memento from February 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
LiveJournal

personal data
SURNAME	Ts'o, Theodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ts'o, Ted
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American programmer, Linux developer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Palo Alto , California

[1] The Linux Foundation: Linux Kernel Developer Ted Ts'o Joins Linux Foundation as Chief Platform Strategist . December 4, 2007. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved on December 20, 2007: "The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Linux kernel filesystem maintainer Ted Ts" o is joining the organization as a Fellow and chief platform strategist. "

[2] Linux Foundation Appoints Ted Ts'o to Position of Chief Technology Officer , The Linux Foundation. December 18, 2008. "Linux Foundation Appoints Ted Ts'o to Position of Chief Technology Office."

[3] Ted T'so: Proud to be a Googler . January 12, 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2010.

[4] Peter Brown: Ted Ts'o wins the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software , Free Software Foundation. March 26, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2012.