Name: Theodore Y. (Ted) Ts’o

Born: 1968 in Palo Alto, California, USA

  • American software developer.
  • Known for his work on the Linux kernel, specifically his contributions to file systems.
  • Created /dev/random and the corresponding kernel driver (1994).
  • Lead developer and maintainer of e2fsprogs, the userspace utilities for the ext2 and ext3 file systems, and is a maintainer for the ext4 file system.
  • Former member of the Security Area Directorate for the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Honors and awards

  • Free Software Foundation’s Award for the Advancement of Free Software (2006).
  • Member of Technical Advisory Board of the Linux Foundation.

Quotes

“Friends don’t let friends use Java (or enable it anywhere near their client or their browser).”

Websites

  • Theodore Ts’o on Twitter
  • Theodore Ts’o personal website