Linux.com: Scratching That Itch: Sander Jansen | Linux Today

Linux.com: Scratching That Itch: Sander Jansen

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 19, 2006

“By day, 27-year-old Sander Jansen–originally from
Holland–works for ESI Group in Alabama, a company that produces
sophisticated software for the aircraft and automotive industries.
In his personal time, he scratches his own itches by creating free
software. I discovered Jansen’s Goggles Music Manager recently and
decided to try it out, and pick Jansen’s brain to see what
motivates him to write free software. Here’s what I found.

“I asked Jansen how he became interested in Linux and free
software, and he says that he got into Linux thanks to an interest
in learning about Unix-like systems…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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