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The Newark Star-Ledger: Technically Inept Grasp Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 11, 2005

“Open-source software is losing its ‘geeks only’ reputation.

“Unlike commercial software, open-source software is distributed
free, with the software code made available for anyone to inspect,
improve and repackage. Programmers often volunteer their time to
work on open-source projects, contributing code, documentation and
bug fixes…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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