Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding

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in 2004, formerly a leading

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. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.

Early years

Sifry grew up on

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, and learned to program on a

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. While in his teens, he decided that someday he would move to

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and start a company. After studying computer science at

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, he worked for

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Career

Sifry cofounded Sputnik, a

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gateway company,

Linuxcare Linuxcare is an American IT services company founded in San Francisco in 1998 by Dave Sifry, Arthur Tyde and Dave LaDuke. The company's initial goal was to be "the 800 number for Linux" and operate 24 hours a day. Due to the dot-com bubble of the e ...

, and Offbeat Guides. He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International, and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement. Dave worked as a business developer for

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/Mozillamessaging, trying to bring partners to

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Personal life

David is married to Noriko and has three kids, Melody, Noah and Shay. Noah is in his local acappella group at UC Davis, The Liquid Hotplates.

Awards

* 2006 Best Blog Guide – Technorati – Web 2.0 Awards * 2006 Best of Show – Technorati – SXSW Awards * 2006 Best Technical Achievement – Technorati – SXSW Awards

Early years

Career

Personal life

Awards

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