David A. Wheeler (born 1965) specializes in developing high-risk software systems, particularly large software systems and computer security. He has written a number of articles on open source software/free software. His articles and books include:

• Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! (http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html)
• Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO (http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs)
• More than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size (http://www.dwheeler.com/sloc)
• The Most Important Software Innovations (http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation)
• Software Inspection: An Industry Best Practice by David A. Wheeler, Bill Brykczynski, and Reginald N. Meeson, Jr. IEEE Computer Society Press. ISBN 0-8186-7340-0.
• Ada 95: The Lovelace Tutorial. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-948-01-5.

He lives in Northern Virginia.

External link

• Personal homepage (http://www.dwheeler.com)