Andrew C. Oliver
Andrew C. Oliver is a professional cat herder who moonlights as a software consultant. He started programming when he was 8 and cut his teeth on GW Basic,
BASICA, and dBase III+. He is most known for founding the
POI project, which is now hosted at Apache. He also was one of the early developers at JBoss before it merged with Red Hat. He is a former board member and current helper at the
Open Source Initiative. He is president and founder of
Open Software Integrators, a professional services firm with offices in Durham, N.C., and Chicago, Ill.
by Andrew C. Oliver
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