Mike Shaver
Encyclopedia
Mike Shaver is currently the Engineering Director at Facebook
. He is known for his work on several other open source
projects as well. He has been involved in the development of many of the technologies that enable interactive web pages, such as the JavaScript
language.
Shaver attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute
in Ottawa
, where he began working with Ingenia Communications Corporation
, an Ottawa-area computer consultancy that later dissolved. His efforts saw him rise from a summer student who worked as a system administrator
and software developer
to chief systems architect
and eventually Chief technical officer
. Shaver eventually left to work at Netscape Communications and later zerøknowledge, Cluster File Systems
, and the Oracle Corporation
. Beginning as a visiting developer, he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually gained Internet
fame by becoming a founding member of the Mozilla Organization in 1998.
He served as VP of Engineering and VP of Technical Strategy for the Mozilla Corporation
where he helped people understand, build, and benefit from an open Web
.
He was also at the center of the "Ten Fucking Days" imbroglio wherein he wrote on his business card "ten fucking days" referencing a recent ten day turnaround for a security flaw from notification to releasing a fixed version of Firefox. His intent was to show confidence in Mozilla's ability to quickly address security issues, but it was misunderstood as a general or official Mozilla policy.
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
. He is known for his work on several other open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
projects as well. He has been involved in the development of many of the technologies that enable interactive web pages, such as the JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
language.
Shaver attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Lisgar Collegiate Institute, one of the country's best regarded public schools, is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal and is only a few blocks from Canada's Parliament Hill...
in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, where he began working with Ingenia Communications Corporation
Ingenia Communications Corporation
Ingenia Communications Corporation is the name of a Canadian internet technology company that in 2001. The company was incubated at Carleton University in Ottawa....
, an Ottawa-area computer consultancy that later dissolved. His efforts saw him rise from a summer student who worked as a system administrator
System administrator
A system administrator, IT systems administrator, systems administrator, or sysadmin is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network...
and software developer
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
to chief systems architect
Systems architect
The systems architect establishes the basic structure of the system, defining the essential core design features and elements that provide the framework for all that follows, and are the hardest to change later....
and eventually Chief technical officer
Chief technical officer
A chief technology officer is an executive-level position in a company or other entity whose occupant is focused on scientific and technological issues within an organization....
. Shaver eventually left to work at Netscape Communications and later zerøknowledge, Cluster File Systems
Cluster File Systems
Cluster File Systems, Inc. is the company that originally developed the Lustre distributed file system. CFS was a privately held company with offices in the United States, and China.CFS was founded in 2001 by Dr. Peter Braam...
, and the Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
. Beginning as a visiting developer, he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually gained Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
fame by becoming a founding member of the Mozilla Organization in 1998.
He served as VP of Engineering and VP of Technical Strategy for the Mozilla Corporation
Mozilla Corporation
The Mozilla Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet-related applications such as the Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Navigator web browsers and the Mozilla Thunderbird email client by a growing global community of...
where he helped people understand, build, and benefit from an open Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
.
He was also at the center of the "Ten Fucking Days" imbroglio wherein he wrote on his business card "ten fucking days" referencing a recent ten day turnaround for a security flaw from notification to releasing a fixed version of Firefox. His intent was to show confidence in Mozilla's ability to quickly address security issues, but it was misunderstood as a general or official Mozilla policy.
External links
- Mike Shaver's Weblog, noise from signal
- Shaverman webcomic, (pg1 | pg2)
