- teenagers
- college students
- small businesses
But also some unexpected users exist, such as:
- Yahoo
- Ticketmaster
- The city of Munich, Germany
- and finally Canada's federal government
Up next will be why would someone go this route....
Sunday, September 20, 2009
So who uses Open Source Software
Obviously those looking for no cost software or if programming is necessary keeping the cost down by using a free product. So the list includes:
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Interesting....I am curious to see how Canada's federal government uses OSS? One would think, or assume that because the government has so much confidential information the programs, networks, and software used would be secured.
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ReplyDeleteYou are giving a nice introduction of open source software. I look forward to reading more about it and probably also looking at some online resources on this topic.
There is a great on open source software. One nice feature of the Google open source software is the abilty to share documents, speedsheets.or power points during the creation part. It is a different experience to to refresh your page and see two additional pages have been added.
ReplyDeleteIn education, you could edit on the "fly".
Wow this topic appears to be way over my head but I am intrigued to learn more about it. I am sure it is probably not as complicated as I think and I look forward to reading more about it.
ReplyDeleteWith a degree in Physical Education I am interested to learn how open software can be applied in an educational setting, or even a sports coaching setting.