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Valentijn Sessink
Valentijn
Sessink is an active member of the Dutch open source movement
since 1997, when he first installed Linux. He is co-founder and director of
Open Office, an open source IT company. He founded two Linux-newsgroups,
nl.comp.os.linux.discussie and nl.comp.os.linux.installatie, wrote
documentation (the ALSA-HOWTO). His first customer running solely on Linux
is a law office which was migrated in june, 1999. The importance of open
standards and open information processing / open source software has been
on
his agenda ever since.
- Old hobbies: playing guitar, writing, climbing, Stoli, ICMP
- Current Hobbies: thinking about climbing, ICMP, soldering iron and other tools, reading
- Permanent interests: ICMP, sustainable information technology
- Hidden agenda: world domination
- Still wants: a laptop without a pre-installed vendor lock-in
