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Client: The Shuttleworth Foundation

Mark Shuttleworth's foundation has a keen interest in advocating the use of Open Source software (OSS), the term used to describe software that is not copyrighted, but instead is the collective effort of developers around the world, on a quest to improve human living standards by providing these products free of charge.

Probably the best known Open Source products are the UNIX-like Linux operating system (OS) and Firefox, the alternative to Microsoft Explorer.

Konrad was asked to provide information graphics in aid of a Linux tutorial for the TSF website.

For an example of what we did, click here >

*To non-South Africans: Mark Shuttleworth is a bit of a legend in our country. He became a very rich man after selling security software his company developed.

He then invested much of this money in science education projects partly aimed at uplifting the disadvantaged in South Africa, as well as forming a lobby whose purpose is to convince the SA government and businesses to switch to Open Source, like countries such as Brazil and Germany have already done.

One of his foundation's well-known projects is Ubuntu, now the most popular consumer version of Linux worldwide, and a great alternative to Microsoft Windows.

Note:

  • Even Apple's Mac OS X – our favourite operating system – is built on the UNIX-like FreeBSD OS, although OS X is proprietary software.
  • Furthermore, did you know there is a fully functional, and largely compatible, free-of-charge alternative to Microsoft Office? It's called OpenOffice.org, and it's even available in local languages!
  • The Firefox web browser now has between 10 and 30% of the world market!
  • There's an alternative to Microsoft Outlook Express (a great product in itself, we must confess) in the form of the Thunderbird e-mail client.
  • And lest we forget, even graphic designers, photographers and illustrators have a free alternative to Photoshop etc. in the form of The Gimp (even though we should say that, as software companies go, Adobe are the most trustworthy of the lot – just a wee bit expensive for many of us mere mortals, micro-businesses and Third World inhabitants).

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