I grown up in the 80 with the coming of the PC era and I began my computer learning in the 90. So it was natural for me to become a Microsoft Windows disciple. As the years goes on I learned all the stuff needed to become a embedded system engineer (I still have a lot to learn ;)) and my career lead me to Windows CE. As Microsoft was the incontestable leader of the computer world it was logical as a career path to specialize in their technologies. I was always a fan of the open source movement and I even tried FreeBSD and Linux, but those experiences was only for fun and I did not think that it was worth learning. But came the 2000 and some new small player began to popup, like Google, and over the last 15 years the world shifted to a open source and power saving world with the advent of the mobile and massive server warehouse. I must admit that as a middle old guy I did not see it coming and I was a little bit late when I began looking by the window to find a new and very fun world. It began with one of my passion, home automation and the EventGhost and XBMC softwares. Those softwares lead me to learn Python and finally to assist the Pycon 2014. There it hit me like as a rocket in the face, the world now run on Linux and open source software and I must quickly began learning Linux to not become an old irrelevant engineer that cling to a dying world.
