Atul Chitnis

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Atul Chitnis
Atul chitnis foss.jpg
Born (1962-02-20)20 February 1962
Berlin, Germany
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Residence Bangalore, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Consulting, writer, Public Speaker
Known for FOSS.IN
Spouse(s) Shubha
Children Geetanjali
Website atulchitnis.net

Atul Chitnis (20 February 1962 – 3 June 2013) was an Indian consulting technologist. He was one of the organizers of FOSS.IN[1] (formerly Linux Bangalore) which was one of Asia's free and open source software (FOSS) conferences.

Career

In 1989, Chitnis set up a Bulletin Board System (BBS) called CiX[2] which provided an entry point for many users to online communities.[3][4] He was the author of a PCQuest magazine column – COMversations.[citation needed] Chitnis gave talks on data communication in Indian industry, the Internet and intranets.[citation needed] As a Consulting Editor for PCQuest,[5] he worked on the PCQuest Linux Initiative.

Working as a volunteer in the FOSS community such as the Bangalore Linux User Group, and through seminars and articles, he encouraged use of FOSS technologies. Chitnis was one of the organizers of the Linux Bangalore series of FOSS community driven conferences. FOSS.IN is said to have been one of Asia's largest annual FOSS events.[6][7] Atul also served as one of the members of the faculty committee at the National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software.[8] He often spoke at various fora on FOSS technology and adoption.[citation needed]

Death

Atul Chitnis was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in August 2012.[9] He died on 3 June 2013.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ The BBS Documentary Library
  3. ↑ Rediff Guide to the Net: Features: The Way We Were
  4. ↑ The Future of Media?
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Monsters and Critics at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 November 2007)
  7. ↑ CIOL: Free world event FOSS.IN/2005 opens in Bangalore at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 February 2009)
  8. ↑ NRCFOSS Faculty Committee Meeting at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 August 2007)
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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