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Ian Murdock
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American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
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Ian Ashley Murdock was an American computer scientist, engineer, and programmer. He was born in Constance in 1973 and educated at Purdue University. Murdock is noted for creating Debian and the Debian Manifesto. He also authored The Linux sampler. During his career, he was employed by Sun Microsystems.
Murdock died in San Francisco in 2015 by hanging. He was a native English speaker and had three children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Linux sampler
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Ian Ashley Murdock , ( 1973-04-28 ) April 28, 1973, Konstanz , West Germany
- Died
- December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) (aged 42), San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Purdue University ( BS )
- Occupation
- Programmer
- Known for
- Debian
- Spouse
- Debra Lynn Roundy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ashley
- Family name
- Murdock
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Constance
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Debian Manifesto
- Official website
- ianmurdock.com
- Image
- IanMurdock.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Ian Murdock
- date of birth
- 1973-04-28
- Commons gallery
- Ian Murdock
- date of death
- 2015-12-28
- birth name
- Ian Ashley Murdock
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- Ian Murdock
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Encyclopedic overview
Ian Ashley Murdock (April 28, 1973 – December 28, 2015) was an American software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.
Life and career
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