Mark Spencer (computer engineer)
Mark Spencer (born April 8, 1977) is an American computer engineer and is the original author of the GTK+-based instant messaging client Gaim (which has since been renamed to Pidgin), the L2TP daemon l2tpd and the Cheops Network User Interface.
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Mark Spencer at the 2006 O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference | |
| Born | April 8, 1977 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Auburn University |
| Occupation | Computer engineer |
Mark Spencer is also the creator of Asterisk, a Linux-based open-sourced PBX. He is the founder, chairman and CTO of Digium, an open-source telecommunications supplier most notable for its development and sponsorship of Asterisk. Spencer shifted from CEO to chairman and CTO in early 2007.
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