Matt Oquist is a Software Freedom evangelist living  in Hudson, NH, USA. Matt obtained his B.S. in computer science from [[http://tayloru.edu/|Taylor University]] in 2001 and  worked on Tru64 Unix and then HPUX for Compaq/HP until he escaped into  the world of Free Software. Now he independently contracts for  institutions (especially schools) wishing to migrate to or integrate  with GNU/Linux and other Free Software.

Matt has  started [[http://softwarefreedomday.org/openletter/education/en|an open  letter to educational institutions]] that you can personalize for your  own area -- please do so!

Matt is one of  the co-founders of Software Freedom Day, and he currently serves as  Secretary/Treasurer on the board of directors of the non-profit  organization<<FootNote(Software  Freedom International has not yet completed the application for  501(c)(3) status with the U.S. IRS. Yes, this is primarily Matt's  reponsibility. If you have experience with 501(c)(3) applications and  want to help, please)>> Software Freedom International.

Matt's website is [[http://majen.net/|majen.net]], and he can be reached by email to <<MailTo(moquist AT softwarefreedomday.org)>> or by chatting with 'moquist' via IRC  in #sfd on irc.freenode.net.



[[mailto:moquist@softwarefreedomday.org|email Matt]]:).
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