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Since August 2006, Morton has been employed by [[Google]] and continues his current work in maintaining the kernel.<ref>[https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/6/16 Linux kernel mailing list], August 6, 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2006080303126NWCYKN Linux Today] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062048/https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2006080303126NWCYKN |date=20 February 2019 }}, August 3, 2006</ref> | Since August 2006, Morton has been employed by [[Google]] and continues his current work in maintaining the kernel.<ref>[https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/6/16 Linux kernel mailing list], August 6, 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2006080303126NWCYKN Linux Today] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062048/https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2006080303126NWCYKN |date=20 February 2019 }}, August 3, 2006</ref> | ||
Morton delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Ottawa Linux Symposium. He was also a featured speaker at [[MontaVista]] Software's Vision 2007 Conference.<ref>[http://www.mvista.com/vision/index.html MontaVista VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Developers Conference<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207023642/http://www.mvista.com/vision/index.html |date=February 7, 2012 }}</ref> He was an expert witness in the ''[[SCO v. IBM]]'' lawsuit contesting [[UNIX]] copyrights.<ref>[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060719122732946 Groklaw], July 19, 2006</ref> | Morton delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Ottawa Linux Symposium. He was also a featured speaker at [[MontaVista]] Software's Vision 2007 Conference.<ref>[http://www.mvista.com/vision/index.html MontaVista VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Developers Conference<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207023642/http://www.mvista.com/vision/index.html |date=February 7, 2012 }}</ref> He was an expert witness in the ''[[SCO v. IBM]]'' lawsuit contesting [[UNIX]] copyrights.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505053448/http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060719122732946 Groklaw]}}, July 19, 2006</ref> | ||
Morton is also known by his username ''akpm'', as found in e-mail addresses and as part of the URL to his now-defunct webpage. On being asked what the initials KP stood for, he replied, "Some say 'Kernel Programmer.' My parents said 'Keith Paul.'"<ref>[https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/10/459 LKML: Andrew Morton: Re: Please revert 5b479c91da90eef605f851508744bfe8269591a0 (md partition rescan)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | Morton is also known by his username ''akpm'', as found in e-mail addresses and as part of the URL to his now-defunct webpage. On being asked what the initials KP stood for, he replied, "Some say 'Kernel Programmer.' My parents said 'Keith Paul.'"<ref>[https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/10/459 LKML: Andrew Morton: Re: Please revert 5b479c91da90eef605f851508744bfe8269591a0 (md partition rescan)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070623084631/http://kerneltrap.org/node/10 Interview: Andrew Morton]; Jeremy Andrews; Kerneltrap; February 14, 2002. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070623084631/http://kerneltrap.org/node/10 Interview: Andrew Morton]; Jeremy Andrews; Kerneltrap; February 14, 2002. | ||
*[http://www.linuxworld.com.au/pp.php?id=1546887162&taxid=24 Interview]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; Nadia Cameron; LinuxWorld; July 16, 2003. | *[http://www.linuxworld.com.au/pp.php?id=1546887162&taxid=24 Interview]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; Nadia Cameron; LinuxWorld; July 16, 2003. | ||
*[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040802115731932 Keynote speech; Ottawa Linux Symposium, 2004] | *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505085532/http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040802115731932 Keynote speech; Ottawa Linux Symposium, 2004]}} | ||
*[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725121632/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm |date=25 July 2008 }}; Ingrid Marson; ZDNet UK; May 5, 2006. | *[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725121632/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm |date=25 July 2008 }}; Ingrid Marson; ZDNet UK; May 5, 2006. | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014010004/http://www.fosdem.org/2007/interview/andrew%2Bmorton Interview]; Fosdem Conference; Feb 06, 2007. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014010004/http://www.fosdem.org/2007/interview/andrew%2Bmorton Interview]; Fosdem Conference; Feb 06, 2007. | ||
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080504002242/http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/ Archive of his now-defunct webpage], hosted by [[Internet Archive]] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080504002242/http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/ Archive of his now-defunct webpage], hosted by [[Internet Archive]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:40, 2 October 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Andrew Keith Paul Morton (born 1959) is an Australian software engineer. He is one of the lead developers of the Linux kernel, and a co-maintainer of the Ext3 file system, the journaling layer for block devices (JBD) and memory management.
Biography
In the late 1980s, he was one of the partners of a company in Sydney, Australia that produced a kit computer called the Applix 1616, as well as a hardware engineer for the now-defunct Australian gaming equipment manufacturer Keno Computer Systems. He holds an honours degree in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Morton maintains a Linux kernel patchset known as the mm tree, which contains work-in-progress patches that might later be accepted into the official Linux tree maintained by Linus Torvalds. "mm" as a primary testing ground became unmanageably large and busy, and in 2008 the "linux-next" tree was created to fill much of this role.
In 2001, Morton and his family moved from Wollongong, New South Wales to Palo Alto, California.Template:Fact In July 2003, he joined the Open Source Development Labs under an agreement with his then-employer Digeo Inc. (makers of the Moxi home entertainment media center), in which OSDL supported Morton's Linux kernel development work while he continued in his official role as principal engineer at Digeo.[1]
Since August 2006, Morton has been employed by Google and continues his current work in maintaining the kernel.[2][3]
Morton delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Ottawa Linux Symposium. He was also a featured speaker at MontaVista Software's Vision 2007 Conference.[4] He was an expert witness in the SCO v. IBM lawsuit contesting UNIX copyrights.[5]
Morton is also known by his username akpm, as found in e-mail addresses and as part of the URL to his now-defunct webpage. On being asked what the initials KP stood for, he replied, "Some say 'Kernel Programmer.' My parents said 'Keith Paul.'"[6]
References
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- ↑ Linux kernel mailing list, August 6, 2006
- ↑ Linux Today Template:Webarchive, August 3, 2006
- ↑ MontaVista VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Developers Conference Template:Webarchive
- ↑ GroklawTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., July 19, 2006
- ↑ LKML: Andrew Morton: Re: Please revert 5b479c91da90eef605f851508744bfe8269591a0 (md partition rescan)
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External links
- Interview: Andrew Morton; Jeremy Andrews; Kerneltrap; February 14, 2002.
- InterviewScript error: No such module "Unsubst".; Nadia Cameron; LinuxWorld; July 16, 2003.
- Keynote speech; Ottawa Linux Symposium, 2004Template:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Interview Template:Webarchive; Ingrid Marson; ZDNet UK; May 5, 2006.
- Interview; Fosdem Conference; Feb 06, 2007.
- Audio of Talk at SDForum
- Video with Andrew Morton at Hannover Industry Trade Fair, Germany, May 2008
- Link to his patches
- Link to his own kernel treeScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Archive of his now-defunct webpage, hosted by Internet Archive
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