Mark Shuttleworth, who flew into space as the second space tourist, operates one of the most successful open source projects with Ubuntu. But security gaps show that the idealistic idea has its limits.
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Miriam Hauck
Anyone who thinks an IT person has to be pale, their skin lit only by the dim light from the computer screen, should speak to Mark Shuttleworth. The boss and founder of the company Canonical Limited, which runs one of the most successful Linux operating systems with Ubuntu, officially lives on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, which is conveniently located for tax purposes, and Canonical also has its headquarters there. However, he preferred to move his home office to his old homeland of South Africa during the pandemic. In the video interview, the 48-year-old sits tanned in a white shirt and with a three-day beard, visibly relaxed in front of his laptop camera. In the background a large green garden.