We discussed open source software during week 11. I was not aware that there were programs online that were the equivalent to many of the software programs that I have bought for my computer. I think that open source software is a very useful. One of the topics that surround open source software is the issue of stealing and it being legal for public use. The open source software programs are free and created publicly and collaboratively. The ideas for the software may have come from licensed programs, but I do not feel that it is stealing.
Open source software is beneficial to many people. Because it is free, people who do not have the funds to purchase expensive programs can still have the benefits of those programs by using the open source alternative. A teacher may need to use a program like Photoshop once, and Gimp, the online open source alternative, offers many of the same tools for free.
This image has the Open Source logo and the logos of some of the most popular open source software programs.
Hi Caylin. Have you tried Mozilla Thunderbird? It's the open-source equivalent of Microsoft Outlook and SO much easier to use!
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