Jeremy Allison

Jeremy Allison is the sort of figure most people never hear of yet quietly depend on every day. Through decades of work on Samba, the open-source bridge that lets Windows and Unix systems share files, he helped knit together networks the rest of us simply take for granted. His 2010 O'Reilly Open Source Award feels well earned. What I respect most is the ethos behind it: choosing accessibility and shared benefit over personal gain. I find unsung infrastructure heroes far more compelling than louder celebrities, and Allison is a fine example of someone whose impact is enormous precisely because it stays invisible.

Name (English)

Jeremy Allison

Name (Japanese)

ジェレミー・アリソン

Reading

じぇれみー・ありそん

Born

January 1, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Occupation

programmer

Awards & achievements

• 2010 O'Reilly Open Source Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• programmer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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