Mark Shuttleworth made a ridiculous amount of money in 2017 – Shows Open Source Software Can Be Good…

Mark Shuttleworth made a ridiculous amount of money in 2017 – Shows Open Source Software Can Be Good Business

You can use it for free or you can pay for enterprise support and many enterprises are indeed choosing to pay. “Netflix, Tesla, and Deutsche Telekom are among 800 clients of the London-based operation,” stated the report.

Mark Shuttleworth’s wealth has increased by £340 million in the past year, according to a report by the BBC. Directly translated into rand, this equals R5.6 billion. The report was based on the UK’s Sunday Times Rich List for 2018, which stated that Shuttleworth is now worth £500 million (R8.3 billion).

The Linux world has many excellent choices of enterprise supported desktops as well as free versions, and whilst Ubuntu may not be everyone's choice, it can't be denied that Mark Shuttleworth made Linux popular in the enterprise as well as for many first time Linux users.

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Mark Shuttleworth’s wealth has increased by £340 million in the past year, according to a report by the BBC.