When most people start new blogs, they usually delete the Hello world! post at the beginning. I like saying Hello to the world, though, so I’m keeping the title as an introduction.

So, Hello world! I’m Jeff. I have been a blogger for a little while, though most of the writing I have done over the past 18 years has been technical documentation in a variety of spaces. I have written for and contributed to the GNU project, documented products ranging from enterprise server software to cluster operating systems to microprocessor hardware, and performed a variety of other work directly or indirectly related to open-source software and embedded operating environments. I spent three years working on mobile Linux software before joining MontaVista last fall.

All of this makes me very happy to be here at MontaVista writing to you now. I have long been impressed with the work MontaVista has done in legitimizing and contributing to Linux as a viable embedded and real-time operating system, and I am pleased to be a part of the engineering team as a technical writer. I am even happier to be an ambassador for Meld, our new embedded Linux community, where I am an administrator.

That said, I feel that my primary role, both as a writer and as a community administrator, is as an advocate for developers, hence the name of this blog. I believe that openness and transparency are key to the intense success of open-source development, even in competitive arenas. MontaVista has proved itself to be so open to the needs of developers, and I will continue to work from the inside to keep it that way.

I am pleased to have the opportunity to share my thoughts with you in this space. Feel free to contact me at any time. I also attend and speak at open-source conferences whenever possible, so please say hi if you see me there.

This entry was posted on Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 10:51 am and is filed under General.