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History of Open Source Software

Open source software, or software with the source code readily available for users to modify as needed, has a controversial history that extends into the present day. With the computer and technological boom of the modern age, patenting and licensing of software has become an extremely profitable business, as software giant Microsoft can attest. However, software’s humble beginnings sprouted from the free model of open source. Richard Stallman, an employee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), became involved with open source software in 1971, although he claims the open sourcing community had been around for many years before his participation. Several user groups of the early period include the SHARE group for IBM 701 and the DECUS group for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Operating systems in existence at the time, such as UNIX, provided academics and corporate researchers a template for their work. Open source software was extremely valuable during that time...

Benefits of Browsing the Linux Source Code

Going through the Linux source code is like picking the technical nuances of Linux first hand. Without an iota of doubt Linux within it has all the concepts and skills that a system programmer needs, I figured this out the hard way. Programming excellence can be achieved through ripping the source apart and diagnosing it. Let me list you some direct benefits ushered by source code reading First hand information You can read from books, get information from the Internet or by other means but nothing like knowing it first hand by exploring the Linux source code. This rich treasure of GNU/C code has got everything that you are looking for. This information leaves absolutely no space for any doubts as this is the final original source of information and there are zero alternates to this. As you comprehend these pieces of code it’s like going through the minds of the people who have actually written it. And this experience and the kind of learning involved will never be found anywhere....

Best Open Source CMS - WordPress, Joomla, Drupal

Website building by people with little programming knowledge has become very popular these days. Initially, website creation was a very difficult job for the people, as they have to learn different languages and codes in order to create a particular website. But this is a problem of the past because of the availability of content management systems (CMS). With the help of the CMS, one can easily create, publish and even archive a website in a safe and easy way. CMS is a type of multifunctional program that can help an individual to easily create a powerful website. It requires a hosting provider to function properly. For such reason, your hosting provider should offer a hosting solution for your CMS of choice. There are currently many CMS tools available on the internet and all of them have their own set features. The price of these tools varies according to the functions present in a particular CMS tools package. One CMS tool is WordPress. This tool is not only capable of creating ...