Before joining Sun in 2001, Simon Phipps spent ten years at IBM, where he was Chief Java and XML Evangelist. He first came across free software in the late 1980s, when he was selling freeware from home as a sideline while working at Unisys. Today, Phipps is Sun’s Chief Open Source Officer, and he plays a key role as the company moves its entire software portfolio to open source.
Link: Linux Journal
