Hello! I'm Flaarnsturgen, which I concede, in the spirit of full disclosure, is not my real name. I'm a veteran Information Technologist with a wide range of professional and managerial experience in mainframe, distributed, and personal computing technology. I currently reside on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

I've been involved with Wikipedia as a contributor since May 2010. My areas of interest include FOSS, Microsoft Windows applications, and personal Software development.

In addition to technical / professional subject areas, I also have interest and (to some extent) expertise in Martial arts, Science fiction, Correspondence chess, Cryptic crossword puzzles, and Indie rock.

Affiliations This user is a computer scientist. This user uses WordPress. UD This user attends or attended the University of Delaware. This user lives in and hails from the U.S. State of Maryland. This user practices taekwondo.

I receive a pension from Computer Sciences Corporation, a global Information Technology outsourcing company. I receive no other compensation from computer-related manufacturing or service organizations.

I support the Open-source software licensing model for software development and distribution. The low-cost / no-cost availability of independently developed software provides an important alternative to the proprietary software that dominates most product niches today.

As a recent arrival to Wikipedia, I'm a stylistic "blank slate". I welcome input from my colleagues intended to help me correct and improve my contributions.

Sufficiently articulated.

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