Alexandre Julliard (born 1970) is a computer

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who is best known as the project leader for

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, a

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to run Microsoft Windows programs on

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s. Julliard studied computer science at the

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. He spent most of the 1990s working on

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s.OLinux interview, April 2000 - A Fantastic Interview with Wine's Man Alexandre Julliard - By Fernando Ribeiro Corrêa and Luis Strano
- "..I've been working in software development for the last 10 years, mostly in embedded software (routers, payphones, etc.)" He now works full-time on Wine for

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. Julliard enjoys

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and lives in

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, Switzerland.

References

External links

OSNews interview, October 2001
- Interview with WINE's Alexandre Julliard - posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 29th Oct 2001 17:25 UTC
Wine HQ - WWN Issue #348:Wine Newsletter interview regarding Wine 1.0 release (6/18/2008)Wine HQ - WWN Issue #336:Wine Newsletter Interview with Mr. Alexandre Julliard (12/24/2007)YouTube video of: WINE Conference 2007 Keynote speech by Alexandre Julliard(October 7, 2007)
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