An open palette: Tux Paint's Bill Kendrick
Bill Kendrick is a software machine. He is the lead designer and developer of New Breed Software, a company creating free and open source games, libraries, tools and utilities across a range of operating systems, mobile devices, hand held and home video consoles. He has personally created a diverse range of classic Web-based games that run across all browsers, and has worked as a professional video game developer since 2003.
But perhaps Kendrick's most significant software achievement is Tux Paint, a highly acclaimed, free and open source illustration program that is primarily aimed at kids, but is used by all ages courtesy of its intuitive and effortless design. Tux Paint has earned praise from education institutions and computer publications all over the world, has been translated into dozens of languages, and is featured on the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop. He is also involved in the Tux4Kids project, which was recently accepted as a mentoring program for Google's Summer of Code (GSoC).
Computerworld spoke with Bill Kendrick, to find out his thoughts on Tux Paint, Tux4Kids, the GSoC, computer games, KDE versus Debian, the spread of Linux, New Breed software, and the role open source software can play in education.
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