Daveyboy79
Daveyboy79 - aka David Evans
I am a British National currently living in Geneva, Switzerland with my wife. I am a high level consultant / Senior Architect for .NET systems in the Banking and Financial Industry. I have specialised throughout my 9 year career so far to become a Microsoft specialist. Given the amount of abuse that the last comment is probably going to induce, I would like to defend that whilst I regard .NET as a development language to be a good product, that does not automatically layover as to my opinion of Windows!
I am interested in Linux, and especially Ubuntu, as I have been trying several OS installations over the years and always found them lacking in the UI and ease of use. As an experienced developer, I found it frustrating to not be able to use basic OS systems without feeling like I needed to go back and study the implementations. Ubuntu has enabled me to get to grips with Linux at a speed that has been to my time frame. Ubuntu is also the first linux system that I have up and running and have been able to start to play with to understand the kernel and framework, and also as my development pad for Java/Linux installations.
My Software experience covers core user security, encryption & mainframe emulation at the low end of the scale, leading to credit derivative trading systems, global custodian duties, tax, legal ownership and some of the systems I have been involved in cover more than 10% of the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange trades on a daily basis. I have been involved in projects working with systems utilising different languages and OS at either end of the communications protocols and have had large experience in writing systems critical code. I am now turning to Linux/Java as I come to the end of my tether with Microsoft Windows.
My interest in the Ubuntu systems is that I believe that this is the culmination of a good project effort and that this is the system that could enable many 3rd world countries access to the internet age. I was talking to internet coffee shop owners in India when I was there for my honeymoon, advertising the advantages of linux over windows. For these guys using 8 year old PC's, the benefits of the free OS and open source software, that performs better than windows, was simply beyond comparison. We started discussing money, and it became apparent that a significant amount of sales had to be achieved before they could consider buying a new computer, and a large percentage of that was the OS and supporting software such as the anti-virus.
I want to apply myself to Ubuntu and to get in to the systems developments teams so that I can help contribute to the project and bring Ubuntu further in to the limelight, and to really start making an impact on Microsofts hold on the home-user desktop market.
Email: <dave AT SPAMFREE theASPguy DOT com>
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