Jan Stedehouder studied Societal History at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam with a strong focus on the crossroads of communication and policy-issues. This focus led to a career encompassing educational innovation on the Netherlands Antilles and developing projects and methodologies targeted at promoting the development of groups at the low end of the Dutch society. Apart from this Jan is a writer, columnist and journalist, primarily dealing with Linux, open source en open standards from the perspective of end-users, or -as he calls them – 'W2L migrators'. He wrote or contributed to various books in this domain. His articles are published in BSD Magazine, LinuxBizz magazine, SoftwareBus and on the Digiplace website. Jan's most recent endeavor is Transparante Zaken (Transparent Affairs), a joint project with IT reporter Brenno de Winter, based on the premise that 'open' is sometimes not enough, but should be complemented by 'transparency'. This fall he is working on his first book for the English-speaking market.

Publications:
Jan Stedehouder en Dennis Leeuw, Probleemloos overstappen op Linux, SDU, 2007
Jan Stedehouder, 'Open brief aan de Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit' in Hans Sleurink (red.), Open Source Jaarboek 2007/2008, Media Update Vakpublicaties, 2008
Jan Stedehouder en Gijs van der Poel, Probleemloos overstappen op Linux, 2e geheel herziene druk, SDU, 2008
Jan Stedehouder en Frits de Jong, Basiscursus Ubuntu, SDU, 2008
Jan Stedehouder, 'Moet ik enthousiast worden over vrije leermiddelen?' in Wim Drost, Van ontzorgen naar zorgen, Ontwikkelcentrum, 2009
Jo Lahaye (red.), Open source software en standaarden, Pearson Education, 2009, hoofdstukken 'Software' en 'Politieke, maatschappelijke en filosofische aspecten van vrije en open source software en open standaarden'
Hans Sleurink (red.) en Jan Stedehouder (red.), Open Source Jaarboek 2008/2009, Media Update Vakpublicaties, 2009
Jan Stedehouder, Open Source en Open Standaarden, Voor niets gaat de zon op, SDU, 2009