Derek J. Balling

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Derek J. Balling

Derek J. Balling has been a Linux system administrator since 1996. Hehas helped build and maintain server infrastructure for companies likeYahoo, and institutions like Vassar Colle...ver maisDerek J. Balling has been a Linux system administrator since 1996. Hehas helped build and maintain server infrastructure for companies likeYahoo, and institutions like Vassar College. He has also writtenarticles for The Perl Journal and a number of online magazines, and ison the Program Committee for the 2008 LISA Conference. He is currentlyemployed as the Data Center Manager for Answers.com. When not working on computer-related issues, Derek enjoys spendingtime with his wife Debbie, and their posse of animals (4 cats and adog). He also makes his opinion known on current events or whatever isannoying him lately on his blog at http://blog.megacity.org/.ver menos