Open source software t3

1. Intro to Free Libre Open
Source Software
Samuel Coleman, Ed D.

2. Discussion Points
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A brief history
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A few key people to know
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Why you should consider FLOSS
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FLOSS alternatives to popular applications
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Everybody's using it
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Popular repositories for FLOSS
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Things to consider

3. A brief history

4. A few key people
.

5. The Four Freedoms that
define FLOSS
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any
purpose (freedom 0).
The freedom to study how the program works, and
change it so it does your computing as you wish
(freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
precondition for this.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help
your neighbor (freedom 2).
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified
versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can

6. Why you should consider
FLOSS
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Equity& Access
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Cost
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Promotes
collaboration
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Flexibility
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Not locked in to a
single vendor
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Discourages software
piracy

7. FLOSS Alternatives to
popular applications
Microsoft Office
Internet Explorer
SPSS
Photoshop
WindowsMedia Player
QuickBooks
Visio
LibreOffice
Chromium/Chrome
PSPP
GIMP
VLC
GnuCash
Dia

8. Everybody is doing it
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IBM
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Google
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CISCO
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Kaiser
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Panasonic
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Tommy Hilfiger
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Toyota
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US Army
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The US Postal Service

9. Popular Repositories for
FLOSS
www.Schoolforge.net
Fsf.org
Also Google “floss alternative to ...”

10. Things to consider
FLOSS is'nt for everyone's use case
There are good and not so good FLOSS applications
Concentrate on your needs not wants or brands