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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by lazyjones on Monday September 03, 2012 @10:41AM (#4470521)
What does he do for a living? I can't find anything about it on the wikipedia page, his personal page and the blog page about his achievements - strange.
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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by sounds on Monday September 03, 2012 @12:33PM (#4470924)
Although my information is somewhat dated, he lives and works in Paris for http://www.netgem.com - ffmpeg makes their boxes top-notch.

It's worthy of note that his free software makes him plenty of money.

It's also no surprise that he doesn't feel the need to write about himself.

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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by sandGorgon on Monday September 03, 2012 @01:13PM (#4471045)
Seems that netgem has a history of GPL violations (http://roundup.libav.org/issue678). Not sure what came out of that.
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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by btbuilder on Monday September 03, 2012 @09:10PM (#4472574)
Looks like negligence rather than willful violation (last mentioned in 2009)
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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by kamaal on Monday September 03, 2012 @11:36AM (#4470708)
I think he works for some big corporate. Which one I don't know. I remember reading about it in some HN thread.
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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by Jacobi on Monday September 03, 2012 @12:35PM (#4470935)
He works at Netgem a french start-up. It's not really a big corporate.
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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by DrCatbox on Monday September 03, 2012 @01:22PM (#4471071)
I know (well at least internet sources told me) he worked for a government agency in France similar to NSA in USA.

Probably still is, and netgem is his cover.

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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by ema on Monday September 03, 2012 @03:51PM (#4471580)
Why would he need to cover up that he is working for a government agency?

Considering that you apparently aren't fooled by that cover up, it can't be that much worth anyway.

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Re:A 4G LTE base station running entirely in software on a s... by cma on Monday September 03, 2012 @10:15PM (#4472741)
The idea is anytime someone is on to him, someone like you will counter-argue, giving him the perfect cover.
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