The Tao Of Linux
Free of the hustle of the daily work life, Nat Friedman meditated in a Californian Buddhist monastery, clearing his mind of worldly clutter. For 10 days, he opened his consciousness to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new realms of possibility. No code. No e-mails. No meetings. No deadlines or work orders. Just simple serenity.
"Buddha was essentially a brain-hacker," Friedman says. "He developed techniques for manipulating the human mind, ways of creating happiness and removing worries."
The computer prodigy, who is still not even 30 years old and was recently promoted to the title of chief technology and strategy officer for open source at Novell, may have done the same kind of Buddhist mind-cleansing for the Linux world.
Friedman is the man behind SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10, the first practical graphical interface and integrated application for the popular open-source operating system. His creation has revolutionized the Linux OS with the look and feel of the familiar Windows environment.
For his vision and effort in creating SLED and bringing it to the channel, VARBusiness honors Friedman with its first-ever Technologist of the Year award.
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