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Free Software Solutions for PC and Mac (alternative office, photo, web browser, email client, map software and more....)

2006-03-14

I think it is safe to say that everyone dislikes paying money for software and software upgrades for their computer systems. You may, or may not know that there are thousands of software products out there which are 'free' and 'open source', people sit in their homes, bedrooms, u

I think it is safe to say that everyone dislikes paying money for software and software upgrades for their computer systems. You may, or may not know that there are thousands of software products out there which are 'free' and 'open source', people sit in their homes, bedrooms, universities, around the world, coding all hours to make software solutions for everyone, sharing their talents and avoiding the cost of purchasing software from companies. Open Source software is built and maintained by communities of people online. They give their time and knowledge to creating and updating software solutions together. They commit to agreed standards for their communities and build everything from web browsing software, to photo manipulation software right through to a complete free solution providing similar functionality to Microsoft's 'Office' and Apple's 'Appleworks' solutions. The advantage of Open Source software solutions include: Developers are international, developing and fixing bugs around the clock Components are constantly added to open source software solutions meeting community driven demand New versions and patches for software can be created daily, and are called 'nightly …

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