Open Source
Open Source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public.
Advantages of Open Projects:
1. The people who work on open projects are extremely passionate and knowledgable about what they are doing which often results in a far superior end product than a comparable commercial product.
2. Open projects form a community of people who work together to create something that is greater than the sum of each individual parts.
3. Open projects can evolve into something that the original creator could not even imagine. Many new innovations are created with an open source project. If you wanted something changed with an open project, you can do it yourself and not have to wait until "the company" decides to make the change.
4. Open projects have greater longevity since anyone can pick up a project if it has been abandoned.
5. Open projects are FREE!
My favorite open communities:
Creative Commons (Find, share, and contribute to pictures, video, audio, and text that are released to the world.)
Wikipedia (A free encyclopedia which the public can add articles to and edit existing articles.)
osCommerce (Have something to sell online? Use osCommerce to easily create an online store.)
Mozilla Firefox (The best web browser in the world!)
Mozilla Thunderbird (A great email client.)
OpenOffice.org (A free office suite. Create and view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.)
Linux (Linux is an alternative operating system for your computer.)
Apache (Serve web pages from your computer)
MySQL (Open Source database server)
PHP (A popular scripting language for creating dynamic html.)
LAMP (LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Use LAMP to serve dynamic web pages.)
phpbb (Create a community. Use phpbb to create a forum about any topic. Forums are excellent resources to get up to date information from people who are interested in a particular topic)
SourceForge.net (the world's largest open source software development website)
Can open source make a difference?
Imagine if someone came up with the cure for AIDS, but was only allowed to share that knowledge with the company he works for, and the only people who can use the cure are people that are able to afford the price set by the company. That is what the future will look like if we do not learn to share.
The bottom line is knowledge is power, and knowledge should be free. Support open source!
"The Future is Open Source Everything"
-Linus Torvalds
Open Source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public.
Advantages of Open Projects:
1. The people who work on open projects are extremely passionate and knowledgable about what they are doing which often results in a far superior end product than a comparable commercial product.
2. Open projects form a community of people who work together to create something that is greater than the sum of each individual parts.
3. Open projects can evolve into something that the original creator could not even imagine. Many new innovations are created with an open source project. If you wanted something changed with an open project, you can do it yourself and not have to wait until "the company" decides to make the change.
4. Open projects have greater longevity since anyone can pick up a project if it has been abandoned.
5. Open projects are FREE!
My favorite open communities:
Creative Commons (Find, share, and contribute to pictures, video, audio, and text that are released to the world.)
Wikipedia (A free encyclopedia which the public can add articles to and edit existing articles.)
osCommerce (Have something to sell online? Use osCommerce to easily create an online store.)
Mozilla Firefox (The best web browser in the world!)
Mozilla Thunderbird (A great email client.)
OpenOffice.org (A free office suite. Create and view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.)
Linux (Linux is an alternative operating system for your computer.)
Apache (Serve web pages from your computer)
MySQL (Open Source database server)
PHP (A popular scripting language for creating dynamic html.)
LAMP (LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Use LAMP to serve dynamic web pages.)
phpbb (Create a community. Use phpbb to create a forum about any topic. Forums are excellent resources to get up to date information from people who are interested in a particular topic)
SourceForge.net (the world's largest open source software development website)
Can open source make a difference?
Imagine if someone came up with the cure for AIDS, but was only allowed to share that knowledge with the company he works for, and the only people who can use the cure are people that are able to afford the price set by the company. That is what the future will look like if we do not learn to share.
The bottom line is knowledge is power, and knowledge should be free. Support open source!
"The Future is Open Source Everything"
-Linus Torvalds
by arneil on 3/11/2005 01:00:00 AM
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