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Article: State Government Wary of Open Source Software
- Article from:
- The State Journal
- Article date:
- October 3, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright State Journal Corporation Oct 3, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Many computer users know that if you want to save money, go open source.
Open source software is programming that is freely available on the Internet and whose programming language - literally the software's DNA - is available to all users. There are open source software equivalents of nearly every professional software product on the market, most sporting the same features as their for-profit counterparts.
At first glance it would seem state government could benefit from incorporating open source software in its computers. since it currently spends millions of dollars purchasing and paying license fees to software developers such as Microsoft. But open source software has its drawbacks, ...