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oes tsetnoc updates in open source, free software and UNIX

Posted on the October 14th, 2009 under Free Software, Open Source, Operating System, UNIX by admin

Oes tsetnoc of iblogger community is updating the topic in the community of open source with free software foundation updates regarding the UNIX operating system and varieties of products operating system software with third party software generally content of this blog. The composition blog that open source software will be arise for blogging to write what really is the open source and free software community. That’s the reason why I choose in oes tsetnoc of iblogger to write it.

Now the question is what really are the open source community, free software foundation and UNIX’s operating system.

Open Source Community: Source opensource.org

  • The development method of software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. This is the promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and end to predatory vendor lock-in.

Free software foundation: Source www.fsf.org

  • Founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer uses’ right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The development promotes and use of free software as in freedom software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software and its Web sites.

About Free Software and Open Source:  Source: www.fsf.org

  • Free software movements goal is freedom for computer users. Some, especially corporations, advocate a different viewpoint, known as “open source’, which cites only practical goals such as making software powerful and reliable, focuses on development models, and avoids discussion of ethics and freedom. The two viewpoints are different at the deepest level.

Unix Overview: Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

  • The UNIX operating systems are widely used in both servers and workstations. The Unix environment and the client server program model were essential elements in the development of the Internet and the reshaping of computing as centered in networks rather than in individual computers.