| A conversation with Anthony Towns |
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| by Sam Varghese | |
| Wednesday, 20 September 2006 | |
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He and four other senior developers set up a project called Dunc a couple of days back, something separate from Debian, to raise funds so that people working on Debian could be paid. "As you might guess from my involvement in the Dunc-Tank announcement, I'm personally interested in finding ways to make working on free software be an easy decision to make - we already know it's an efficient way to create software, and a fun thing to do, so the only real challenge is making it just as easy to support yourself as it currently is working on non-free software." Towns sees bigger changes happening in other areas. "Debian has a very strong emphasis on internationalisation, and supporting users and contributors in every part of the globe. We've seen earlier this year how easily Bhutan bootstrapped DzongkhaLinux, a version of Debian customised for the local language - as China and India improve their information technology, where Microsoft sees the potential for billions of dollars in licensing fees, we see the possibility for billions of new contributors; and to me that's a lot more exciting than any amount of money." Strange but true - one more young man who isn't fascinated by the almighty dollar. For him, code seems to do it.{moscomment} |
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