BBC take on the Open Source alternative

Of course, you know what open source and free software means. Or you would not visit this blog and reading his articles in the first place. But it is always nice to get the viewpoint of one of the main stream media. And if the media in question is the BBC, then it is all the more sweet.

I was an avid fan of the technology of the BBC program called "Click" formerly known as the "Click Online". In the last episode, Spencer Kelly - Click on the presenter shows you how to build a functional machine working for nothing. The BBC published an article by Kelly called "Open Source alternative" which gives an overview of how FOSS can enrich our lives for information zilch. The article also a short interview with Paul Allen who is the editor of Computer Active magazine.

Read the article to bbc.co.uk.

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