Robert Charles first dabbled in computer programming in 1984 when his family purchased a Radio Shack TRS-80 (AKA)- CoCo, Tandy Color Computer, and the Trash Eighty. Financial limitations kept Robert from pursuing a career in the technology fields until 1998, when he attempted to capitalize on the dot-com boom through web design.

After the dot-com crash, Robert joined the IT department of a financial company and was introduced to the Open Source community through a work colleague.

Robert started his own company in 2006, employing and touting many open source solutions, such as OpenOffice, GIMP, Scribus, SME, and Paint.Net in his business and personal use.

Alessandro Rimoldi lives in Zurich, where he promotes free software, especially through the workshops created for the Grafiklabor. He has been part of the Scribus community since it began, and since 2009, he has been an active member in the board of the Libre Graphics Meeting.