White and Wild by wilshire|oneAlternative computing
“Why pay thousands to restrictive software companies when open source programmes are free, easy to use and green?
This week, the Greens have joined together with Friends of the Earth, New Internationalist, People and Planet and the Free Software Foundation to call on other social and activist groups to reject Microsoft’s Vista operating system and encourage the use of free software.
Free and open source software (FOSS) is written by teams of developers from different companies and organisations, and can be used and shared by anybody. The ‘source code’, which make the program work, is made available to all users to copy and rewrite, unlike conventional software, where only the copyright holders can make changes or legally distribute copies – usually for amounts of money that bear no relation to the cost of making and distributing a disc.”
The Greens are waking up!
commenting closed for this article
