I've met him
Back when he was a Linux evangelist for, I think, IBM. He was my old boss' co-worker several jobs ago.
Apparently he does have a pretty good open source background. I'm not sure how he squares that with working for Microsoft, but hey. I guess it pays the bills.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)