Jeff Silverman is a computer expert, father, and grandfather who lives in Seattle Washington USA. Son of Don and Goldie Silverman. Married to Judith. Step father of Chris and John Racus. Father of Sarah and Daniel. Grand father of Randall and Peggy.

Jeff is the system administrator of Commercial Ventilation and Vacuum. He is currently writing a book, "Failure is not an option" on the design, implementation and operation of highly reliable computer systms. He is actively seeking comment and ideas on the book. He also wrote an objective comparison of the technical merits of different operating systems.