"Alan Cox is a name that should be well known to most linux users. He is responsible for much of the code in the Linux kernel, including small pieces like networking and SMP. He has handled the latter-day 2.0 releases, and serves as one of the primary conduits for patches into the current development kernels. He is certainly one of the key players in the kernel development arena."
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