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Alan Cox (computer programmer) was born on 22 July, 1968 in Solihull, England, is a computer. Discover Alan Cox (computer programmer)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Occupation Programmer
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 22 July, 1968
Birthday 22 July
Birthplace Solihull, England
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His wife is Telsa Gwynne (d. 2015) Tara Neale

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Alan Cox (computer programmer) Net Worth

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2016

He received an honorary doctorate from the Swansea University, his alma mater, on 20 July 2016.

2014

On 31 Oct 2014, Alan Cox announced Fuzix OS, a tiny system V kernel, initially for Z80 on Google+:

2013

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David Awarded Cox an Honorary Fellowship on 18 July 2013.

2009

On 28 July 2009, Cox quit his role as the TTY layer maintainer, after disagreement with Torvalds about the scope of work required to fix an error in that subsystem.

2007

In January 2007, he applied for a series of patents on "RMS", or "rights management systems". Red Hat Inc., Cox's former employer, has stated (in a document drafted by Mark Webbink and Cox himself) that it will not use patents against free software projects.

2005

On 5 October 2005, Cox received a lifetime achievement award at the LinuxWorld awards in London.

2003

Cox was the recipient of the Free Software Foundation's 2003 Award for the Advancement of Free Software at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels.

1999

Alan was employed by the Linux distributor Red Hat during 1999–2009. Starting from 2011 he was employed by Intel Corporation but left both Intel and Linux kernel development in January 2013 to care full-time for his wife during a critical period of medical treatment, and returned to both later that year, until taking early retirement at the end of 2019.

1968

Alan Cox (born 22 July 1968) is a British computer programmer who has been a key figure in the development of Linux. He maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in its development, an association that dates back to 1991. He lives in Swansea, Wales, where he lived with his wife Telsa Gwynne, who died in 2015 and now lives with author Tara Neale, whom he married in 2020. He graduated with a BSc in Computer Science from Swansea University in 1991 and received an MBA from the same university in 2005.