BSDCan2008 - Final - we hope
BSDCan 2008
The Technical BSD Conference
Josh Paetzel
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Josh Paetzel is an open source user, system administrator, advocate, and contributor.
Having his request to "learn unix" answered with FreeBSD 2.1.5 CDs being sent in the mail from a friend, Josh immediately recognized FreeBSD as a more powerful solution than windows 95/DOS, reinstalled his desktop and never looked back.
Professionally he is the sole proprieter of BSD Unix Consulting, LLC, providing BSD-based services to businesses that have a need for stable and robust solutions.
As a volunteer Josh started and runs TCBUG (Twin Cities BSD User Group) and is a fairly active FreeBSD ports contributor/maintainer and occassional docs contributor, as well as random question answerer on various mailing lists and IRC. He also provides the management for PC-BSD's infrastructure.