Simon Phipps is a computer scientist and notable web and open source advocate.
Phipps' was instrumental in IBM's involvement in the Java programming language, founding IBM's Java Technology Center[1]. He left IBM for Sun Microsystems in 2000, taking leadership of Sun's open source programme[2] from Danese Cooper. Under Phipps, most of Sun's core software was released under open source licenses, including the Solaris operating system and the Java software platform[3].
Phipps is a board member[4] of Open Source for America and an observer[5] for the Open Source Initiative. He has served on a number of advisory boards for other projects, including the GNOME Foundation[6], OpenSolaris[7], OpenJDK[8] and OpenSPARC[9].
References
- ^ Ibm Java Evangelist Speaks Of Java Tsunami http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_n3418/ai_20635325/
- ^ Sun exec takes control of open source projects http://www.infoworld.com/t/platforms/sun-exec-takes-control-open-source-projects-428
- ^ The ripple effect of a GPL'd Java will reach far and wide http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3937
- ^ Open Source for America Board of Advisors http://www.opensourceforamerica.org/board
- ^ OSI Board of Directors http://www.opensource.org/docs/board-annotated
- ^ About the GNOME Foundation http://foundation.gnome.org/about/
- ^ Board Election 2009/Change Constitution http://poll.opensolaris.org/4/
- ^ OpenJDK Governance Board http://openjdk.java.net/groups/gb/
- ^ OpenSPARC Community Advisory Board http://www.opensparc.net/community/governance.html
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