Atul Chitnis (20 February 1962 – 3 June 2013) was an Indo-German consulting technologist. He was one of the organizers of

FOSS.IN FOSS.IN, previously known as Linux Bangalore, was an annual free and open source software (FOSS) conference, held in Bangalore, India from 2001 to 2012. From 2001 to 2004, it was known as Linux Bangalore, before it took on a new name and wider focu ...

(formerly Linux Bangalore), which was one of Asia's

free and open source software Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source ...

(FOSS) conferences.

Career

In 1989, Chitnis set up a

Bulletin Board System A bulletin board system (BBS), also called computer bulletin board service (CBBS), is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as ...

(BBS) called CiX which provided an entry point for many users to online communities. He was the author of a

PCQuest ''PCQuest'' is an Indian technology publication, and part of the Cyber Media group of publications that also publish Dataquest. PCQ Linux Since 2001, an initiative has been called PCQLinux, which is not entirely correct, as the name only re ...

magazine column – COMversations. Chitnis gave talks on data communication in Indian industry, the Internet and intranets. As a Consulting Editor for

, he worked on the PCQuest Linux Initiative. Working as a volunteer in the FOSS community such as the Bangalore Linux User Group, and through seminars and articles, he encouraged use of FOSS technologies. Chitnis was one of the organizers of th
Linux Bangalore
series of FOSS community driven conferences.

is said to have been one of Asia's largest annual FOSS events. Atul also served as one of the members of the faculty committee at the National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software. He often spoke at various fora on FOSS technology and adoption.

Death

Atul Chitnis was diagnosed with

intestinal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...

in August 2012. He died on 3 June 2013.

References

External links

Chitnis' personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chitnis, Atul 1962 births 2013 deaths Place of death missing Indian technology writers Marathi people People from Berlin Deaths from cancer in India Deaths from colorectal cancer Writers from Bangalore