'Linux is a platform for people, not just specialists'

[w1z4rd]

In 1999, the South African-born Mark Shuttleworth sold his internet company, Thawte, which provided digital certificates for websites, for more than $500m (£254m). After spending $20m on a trip into space, he started the Ubuntu project - named after an African word meaning "Humanity to others", or "I am what I am because of who we all are" - which has since become the most popular GNU/Linux distribution.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet.software

 

[chiskop]

Interesting to read about Canonical's business plans.

 

[.Froot.]

Sounds almost wrong to hear him say that haven't broken even yet (see article). Just shows you how dedicated he is to the cause- costing him money to give us something like this.