Ken Coar

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Born1960 (age 6465)
Yearsactive1997–present
Board memberofApache Software Foundation Director, 1998–2007
Open Source Initiative Director, 2004–2010
Ken Coar
Born1960 (age 6465)
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Years active1997–present
Board member ofApache Software Foundation Director, 1998–2007
Open Source Initiative Director, 2004–2010
FatherRichard Coar

Ken Coar (born 1960) is an American software developer known for his participation in the creation of The Apache Software Foundation.

Coar has been active in open software projects, and lectures internationally about open development methodologies and distributed collaboration.[1][2][3][4][5] He is co-author with David R. Robinson of RFC 3875, the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) specification.[6][7]

Apache Software Foundation

Coar is a founder of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and was a director on its board from its incorporation in 1999 through June 2007.[8] He is also the primary contributor to the Apache Pulse project, which provides daily analyses of all of the Apache mailing lists.[9] Coar was responsible for the ApacheCon shows, held in North America and Europe since 2000. He was the initial chair of the Apache Commons project and helped in the creation of the Apache Incubator project.[10]

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