[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“Ask software billionaire Mark Shuttleworth why he has dedicated
so much of his time and money to open-source projects since selling
his business in 1999, and he is likely to tell you he wants to make
the world a better place.“Already a successful ecommerce icon when in his early 20s,
Shuttleworth, the first African in space, sold his South African
internet certification company Thawte Consulting to United States
competitor VeriSign for $NZ785 million [US$574/€448 million]
six years ago, turning the young entrepreneur into a rand lord
overnight…”