Dan Morrill is a Computer Scientist working as a researcher at General Electric Co.'s Corporate R&D facility in upstate New York. He holds a M.A. in Computer Science, and has extensive experience with a variety of operating systems, in a variety of environments. He has worked with many types of Unix systems, IBM's OS/2, Microsoft's various Windows platforms, and even real-time and embedded operating systems. He has successfully used his knowledge of Linux systems to support real-world projects professionally, and has used Linux exclusively on all his personal systems for several years.