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Five Minutes With…Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu

August 23, 2016

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Mark Shuttleworth is the founder of Ubuntu and he also leads product design at Canonical. So who better to discuss the use of open-source software, specifically its future. With so much software available, I asked Mark how you can ensure that the software you’ve chosen works, is bug-free, and is safe.

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