[clarification needed] He founded Gentoo for OS X, for which he received a scholarship by Apple Computer.
In 2004 Pieter was invited to the OpenSolaris pilot program and assisted Sun Microsystems with building a development eco-system around Solaris.
Pieter was nominated for the OpenSolaris Community Advisory Board and managed a team of developers to make Gentoo available on the Solaris operating system as well.
The teams managed by Pieter Van den Abeele have shaped the PowerPC landscape with several "firsts".
Pieter is also a member of the Power.org consortium and participates in committees and workgroups focusing on disruptive business plays around the Power Architecture.