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If you are a building a web site or a forum, likelihood is you are using a web editor or coughing up for bulletin board services. The costs of using these "out of the box" products can add up, particularly if you're making an attempt to ramp up your business. Let's look at some good "open source" options for you to think about. You may be stunned at how much money opensource can help to save you.
What's opensource? Generically, open source appertains to a programme in which the source code is available to the public to be used and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e, open. Open source code is often created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve on the code and share the changes in the community. Open source sprouted in the technical community as a reply to exclusive software owned by firms.
Not all open-source programs are worth downloading, but there are 1 or 2 that merit further attention, including:
1. PHP Originally called Personal Home Page, PHP is the spine of many notice boards. Yes, you need to use exclusive software like vBulletin, but you will pay a licensing fee and fees for updates. For one site, the cost may not be exorbitant, but if you run several sites your costs can easily become a serious part of your financial position. Search the net for a free PHP provider like PHPBB2.
2. Web Templates Finding decent templates hasn't got to cost you dearly. There are sites offering some very well made templates that would cost as much as $100 if purchased separately. Naturally, "everyone" downloads the copies, but you can change it accordingly to give it your own look. The best ones are CSS derived and web standard compliant.
3. Browsers Internet Explorer isn't the sole name in town when talking about browsers. Yes, they're dominant, but so many web savvy folks have tired of Microsoft's dominion and are changing to Netscape, Firefox, Opera, and Safari to name some alternatives.
4. Email Client Thunderbird is the name of another project developed by the folks that brought to you Firefox. With Thunderbird you can send and receive e-mail, stop SPAM, and add enhancements to design the programme the way you want it to look.
5. Office Software MS Office rules as WordPerfect hardly hangs on. Still, there are options to these two productivity apartments in the form of OpenOffice. A giant freebie linked with this site is the *pdf maker, saving you tons of money over buying Adobe Acrobat. Definitely OpenOffice isn't as cool as MS Office , but for the price (FREE), it is worth a look.
6. Games One the best PC flight simulator games is opensource. The open source nature means that the software is continually evolving as there's a whole community making new update and features that wouldn't exist in an off the shelf product.
Are all open source products great? No, absolutely not. Some proprietary software developed by companies are much better and worthwhile to you if you do not have time or inclination to make a move to open-source. Still, open-source gives a amazing alternative to cash strapped and Microsoft weary web developers. In a day when corporations throw their substantial influence around, it is sweet to see developers giving their talents to the web. Become part of the growing open source movement today!
What's opensource? Generically, open source appertains to a programme in which the source code is available to the public to be used and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e, open. Open source code is often created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve on the code and share the changes in the community. Open source sprouted in the technical community as a reply to exclusive software owned by firms.
Not all open-source programs are worth downloading, but there are 1 or 2 that merit further attention, including:
1. PHP Originally called Personal Home Page, PHP is the spine of many notice boards. Yes, you need to use exclusive software like vBulletin, but you will pay a licensing fee and fees for updates. For one site, the cost may not be exorbitant, but if you run several sites your costs can easily become a serious part of your financial position. Search the net for a free PHP provider like PHPBB2.
2. Web Templates Finding decent templates hasn't got to cost you dearly. There are sites offering some very well made templates that would cost as much as $100 if purchased separately. Naturally, "everyone" downloads the copies, but you can change it accordingly to give it your own look. The best ones are CSS derived and web standard compliant.
3. Browsers Internet Explorer isn't the sole name in town when talking about browsers. Yes, they're dominant, but so many web savvy folks have tired of Microsoft's dominion and are changing to Netscape, Firefox, Opera, and Safari to name some alternatives.
4. Email Client Thunderbird is the name of another project developed by the folks that brought to you Firefox. With Thunderbird you can send and receive e-mail, stop SPAM, and add enhancements to design the programme the way you want it to look.
5. Office Software MS Office rules as WordPerfect hardly hangs on. Still, there are options to these two productivity apartments in the form of OpenOffice. A giant freebie linked with this site is the *pdf maker, saving you tons of money over buying Adobe Acrobat. Definitely OpenOffice isn't as cool as MS Office , but for the price (FREE), it is worth a look.
6. Games One the best PC flight simulator games is opensource. The open source nature means that the software is continually evolving as there's a whole community making new update and features that wouldn't exist in an off the shelf product.
Are all open source products great? No, absolutely not. Some proprietary software developed by companies are much better and worthwhile to you if you do not have time or inclination to make a move to open-source. Still, open-source gives a amazing alternative to cash strapped and Microsoft weary web developers. In a day when corporations throw their substantial influence around, it is sweet to see developers giving their talents to the web. Become part of the growing open source movement today!
About the Author:
As a software developer myself I have a passion for open source software especially this flight simulator demo which beats anything in your local flightsim store.
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