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Work Experience
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| Period: | 2003 to present |
| Description: |
Our software will be migrated to the Linux platform to ensure independence from Microsoft.
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| Company: | Spinner Software B.V. |
| Position: | Linux R&D |
| Contract: | Freelance |
| Country/Location: | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Work Languages: | English |
| Operating systems: | Red Hat Linux Pro 8.0 |
| Hardware: | x86 |
| Software: | Full install; KDE/Gnome; Apache webserver |
| Development: | Borland Kylix, C++ |
| Databases: | MySQL, ASCII |
| Communication: | Internet, FTP |
| Methods: | Research and development |
| Duties: | Understand the Linux Kernel and port our software to Linux |
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The task is to perform an upgrade of our backoffice from Microsoft Windows to Linux,
and to port all our software and shareware to Linux. The first task is to understand
the Linux Kernel and develop a keyboard device driver for WinMapper, along with the
basic userinterface for WinMapper. The core Delphi library from our Windows development
will be converted to Kylix, which we use to write our software.
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Linux migration