In our day to day life we depend on the proprietary software for our PCs. In India most of us use windows XP or window Vista operating system. These operating system coasts about Rs.6,000 to Rs.10,000. Small concerns like schools cannot afford this large amount. If they are going to install in 10 computers it is going to cost 60,000 for them which is going to be a big amount. So if we can get software which are equivalent to these proprietary software in free of coast it is going to be a treasure for all the small scale users.
We have an alternative way.It is the open source software or the free softwares. Open source are the softwares which are created by many team of people from many parts of the world. The source code of the software is open to the users. Even you can contribute some code to enhance the existing software. One of the best example of open source operating system is the Linux. When we talk about Linux you need not dream about the black screen and a blinking cursor. Now Linux has come with a totally user friendly graphical interface. Some of the famous Linux os which are used in the desktop computers all over the world are ubuntu, fedora and mandriva. Out of these three mandriva has the most user friendly graphical user interface. Even a person with basic computer knowledge can operate it very efficiently. This OS can be regionalism in your regional language. Most of the important servers in the world like google, yahoo etc., uses linux as its OS since it is completely virus resistant and has less risk of crashes.
Even there are many free application software which are equivalent to and more efficient than the famous proprietary softwares in the field today. Open office is an open source software which is similar to that of MS office. Gimp is an open source software which is equivalent to photoshop in windows. Similar to SQL there is an open source software called MYSQL.VLC which is one of the best media player is an open source software. Mozilla FireFox, which is one of the famous open source browser is rated as best software by the magazine PC world.
So, if we are going to get all these software free of coast and if it is going to be more reliable than the proprietary software, then why sticking to proprietary software still. Shift to open software. Even you can contribute your knowledge for the enhancement of these open source software. " Go open source and make a computer revolution".
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