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An interview with Kovid Goyal of calibre
August 24, 2011
This article was contributed by Bruce Byfield
Growing up, Kovid Goyal planned to be a physicist working on quantum computers.
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However, while studying at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech), he began developing calibre, an ebook manager for GNU/Linux, OS X, and Windows. The project quickly grew, developing its own ecosystem of sub-projects, extensive documentation, and self-funding.
Today, calibre is a full-time vocation for Goyal, as well as a partial source of income for other project members.
Goyal recalled:
I've been programming since I was about seven years old, mostly for my own amusement.
My first ever program was printing out multiplication tables, written in BASIC on a ZX spectrum+.
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This was by way of trying to convince my teachers that I really didn't need to memorize the multiplication tables. My teachers weren't convinced.
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