Thomas Bushnell, BSG | |||||||||
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 Bushnell at JPL in 2011 | |||||||||
| Born | December 13, 1967 | ||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||
| Other names | formerly Michael Bushnell | ||||||||
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| Known for | GNU Hurd | ||||||||
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| Website | tb.becket.net | ||||||||
Thomas Bushnell BSG (born December 13, 1967), formerly known as Michael Bushnell, is a software developer and Gregorian friar.[1][2] He was the founder and principal architect of GNU's official kernel project, the GNU Hurd.[3][4] Bushnell was Hurd's official maintainer from its instigation until November 2003.[5] Bushnell was previously a Debian developer,[6] and was employed by Google LLC from July 2010 until the January 2024 layoffs.[7] He is a member of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in Glendale, California.[2]
- ^ Thomas, Gavin. "Whatever happened to the Hurd? – The story of the GNU OS". Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Brothers". The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ Brinkmann, Marcus (2001). "Talk about the Hurd". gnu.org. Retrieved 2019-09-22..
- ^ GNU's bulletin, vol. 1 No. 12
- ^ Corbet, Jonathan (2003-11-19). "Thomas Bushnell is no longer Hurd maintainer". LWN.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ Thomas Bushnell's Debian account status
- ^ Thomas Bushnell's LinkedIn page