Paul S. Owen
Encyclopedia
Paul S. Owen was a co-project manager and lead developer of the phpBB
project. He joined development in December 2000 soon after version 1.0.0 of phpBB was released. Initially, he implemented a number of key changes to the source that he had written for the version of phpBB deployed on his site.
He then went on to develop version 2 of the software, ultimately leading development through the initial release. He subsequently went on to produce the framework for the next major release, version 3.0, codenamed Olympus.
He stepped down as lead developer in 2005, handing that responsibility to Meik Sievertsen (known as Acyd Burn in the community). He then acted as a co-project manager with James Atkinson and as a technical supervisor for phpBB.
In September of the same year, he indefinitely left the phpBB team.
Hobbies
Paul is an avid cheese roller, having travelled around the world in 314 days rolling the national cheese of various nations down hills of various sizes.
Additionally Paul has been playing the online roleplaying game World of Warcraft since 2004. He is currently an officer in the raiding guild Aquila on the European realm Hellscream. He plays both the Mage and Paladin classes, with his Paladin being the second best geared on the server.
PhpBB
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board...
project. He joined development in December 2000 soon after version 1.0.0 of phpBB was released. Initially, he implemented a number of key changes to the source that he had written for the version of phpBB deployed on his site.
He then went on to develop version 2 of the software, ultimately leading development through the initial release. He subsequently went on to produce the framework for the next major release, version 3.0, codenamed Olympus.
He stepped down as lead developer in 2005, handing that responsibility to Meik Sievertsen (known as Acyd Burn in the community). He then acted as a co-project manager with James Atkinson and as a technical supervisor for phpBB.
In September of the same year, he indefinitely left the phpBB team.
Hobbies
Paul is an avid cheese roller, having travelled around the world in 314 days rolling the national cheese of various nations down hills of various sizes.
Additionally Paul has been playing the online roleplaying game World of Warcraft since 2004. He is currently an officer in the raiding guild Aquila on the European realm Hellscream. He plays both the Mage and Paladin classes, with his Paladin being the second best geared on the server.
External links
- Starstreak.net – Paul's personal website, various scripts, and limited personal information
- aquilaguild.com – World of Warcraft guild site, run by Paul