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- 1. Open Source & Free Software Solutions How free is free? Presented by Deb Forsten
- 2. Take a look at Open Source and Free Software solutions and compare the prices Tips for finding good free alternatives Gain a new perspective on some software alternatives
- 3. The Free Software Foundation refers to open source “free” software in terms of freedom not necessarily price ◦ An open source product should meet around 10 criteria to be considered “Open Source” So open source actually refers to the free access to the source code of a project/application Note: all open source software is not free and likewise all free software is not open source.
- 4. Concept started in the early 1900 with the automobile industry Gasoline patent holders tried to control automobile makers development – Henry Ford challenged and won – open standards were used up through WWII Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) – used a similar procedure to share IBM’s operating system in the 50’s & 60’s in computers In 1983-85 – Richard Stallman(MIT) founded the Free Software foundation to support the GNU Project and the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) Open Source terminology and Open Source Initiative (OSI) evolved in 1998 (supported by Netscape.)
- 5. Open Source ◦ advantages: free, enormous community of users/developers, always improving the product Commercial/Proprietary Coding ◦ advantages: more security, more control, costs more, Why would some one give away the code? Is it a sub-standard product? Your decisions should be based on what you need software to do for you.
- 6. Google it Sourceforge.net Osalt.com php.opensourcecms.com/
- 7. Office Applications (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database, image editors) Text Editors Image Editors - galleries Web Content managers Audio/Video editors/converters
- 8. Not all free software is open source Beware of free applications Definitely beware of added value packages that you “Check” at the completion of installation “mywebsearchtoolbar”
- 9. Once you find one – Google it for title and spyware Case Study – Logmein – remote desktop access Try before you buy!
- 10. Free version verses $69.95/annual Pro Version: Basic difference is •file sharing •screen sharing •Drag-n-drop file transfer Answer the question: what do you need this application to do?
- 12. Price: free Price:$499 Price: free or $25/month depending on the features Price: $99/month
- 14. Free online publishing tool: Issuu.com Or maybe print on demand: blurb.com
- 15. There are hundreds + software solutions in the world of free and open source It really boils down to what do you need to use software for? Then it! In these economic times, don’t be afraid to shop for solutions.
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- Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology. Before the term open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; open source gained hold with the rise of the Internet, and the attendant need for massive retooling of the computing source code. Opening the source code enabled a self-enhancing diversity of production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.