In 2012, Bdale retired from HP, where he served as Chief Technologist for Open
Source and Linux. During his tenure, HP engaged in a wide variety of
Open Source activities, and maintained consistent market leadership in the
-sale of servers and storage to Linux users. Bdale now works part-time for
-Samsung as Senior Adviser to the Open Source Group within Samsung Research
-America.
+sale of servers and storage to Linux users.
Altus Metrum, LLC, is a small business Bdale founded with Keith Packard that
designs, builds, and sells completely open hardware and open source avionics
solutions for use in high power model rockets.
Bdale serves as President of Software in the Public Interest, and on the
-boards of directors of the Linux Foundation and the Freedombox Foundation.
-He is a frequent speaker at Linux and Open Source conferences.
+boards of directors of the Linux Foundation, the Freedombox Foundation, and
+Aleph Objects. He is a frequent speaker at Linux and Open Source conferences.
In 2008, Bdale became the first individual recipient of a Lutece d'Or award
from the Federation Nationale de l'Industrie du Logiciel Libre in France.