This week we had the funny guy again as lecturer and the topic was Open Source Software.
Before I get on to that though, just one thing that really stood out to me from that lecture, he was drinking coffee out a jar (like what was probably once a spaghetti sauce jar). Some one asked him about it and his response was 'well you trying drinking coffee when your driving.' Ummmmmmm... travel mug???
But anyway, back to the lecture. It was all about software that you can download from the internet. Some are called open source software, and this is where the code has been opened up for everyone to use.
Some of the websites he showed us were:
- mininova
Some advantages of this, is that you apart from being free in most cases, you are able to just get specific things. So incase you wanted just one program, you wouldn't need to buy the entire set of software pack.
The drawback to open source software is that viruses are more easier to form and that the programs won't automatically update and need to be done manually.
He also briefly spoke about Linex and Red Hat. Linex provide free software over the net.
Red Hat sells service; helplines, etc.
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