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David A. Wheeler

David A. Wheeler (born 1965) specializes in developing high-risk software systems, particularly large software systems and computer security. He has written a number of articles on open source software / free software. His articles and books include:

Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why
Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs
More than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size http://www.dwheeler.com/sloc
The Most Important Software Innovations http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation
Software Inspection: An Industry Best Practice by David A. Wheeler, Bill Brykczynski, and Reginald N. Meeson, Jr. IEEE Computer Society Press. ISBN 0-8186-7340-0.
Ada 95: The Lovelace Tutorial. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-948-01-5.

His personal website is at http://www.dwheeler.com . He lives in Northern Virginia.

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