Theo de Raadt
Theo de Raadt is a South African-born software engineer who lives in Calgary, Canada. He is the founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects and was also a founding member of NetBSD. In 2004, De Raadt won the Free Software Award for his work on OpenBSD and OpenSSH.
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- Born in
- Pretoria
- Educated at
- University of Calgary
- Awards
- 🏆 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
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1968
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