Wichert Akkerman
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Wichert Akkerman is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
computer programmer, best known for his contributions to Debian
Debian
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, dpkg
Dpkg
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, Plone and strace
Strace
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He was elected for two terms as the Debian Project Leader and served from January 1999 to March 2001. He was succeeded in that role by Ben Collins. He has also served as the Secretary to Software in the Public Interest
Software in the Public Interest
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He currently lives in Leiden, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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