name: Carlos Betancourt email: carlos.betancourt@chello.be url: privateEmail: tag: updated: Carlos is a young Venezuelan Linux and GNU philosophy advocate since 1996. Working as a research student for the University of Tachira's (UNET) Network development laboratory (CETI) since 1995, he has been involved in the development of the University's network infrastructure and services. In a University with no Unix roots, Carlos was part of the research team of students in charge of learning, testing, teaching, supporting and implementing Unix (by means of Linux, Solaris and HP-UX) technologies to the UNET's new computer infrastructure, as well as assistant administrator of internet services. His hobbies involve Astronomy, Electronics, Reading Science Fiction, Classical and Political literature, [Astro]Photography and Poetry. He currently live in Brussels, Belgium, where he has recently married.