Simon Phipps

Almalinux OS Foundation is a non-profit organization that governs the development of Almalinux OS, an open-source enterprise Linux distribution. Almalinux OS has millions of downloads from a network of over 350 mirrors worldwide and is used by various enterprises, including US government agencies, major scientific experiments, and business applications. The non-profit company is based in Fort Myers, FL. The distribution is focused on delivering a stable and robust production-grade platform while remaining compatible with RHEL and pre-stream CentOS. The foundation has over 400 members, including AMD, ARM, CloudLinux, and Cybertrust, who support the rapid development of Almalinux.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.