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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Hello, World!

Open Source. Open Minds. Open Hearts.

Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'.
          -Richard M. Stallman

Image Source: http://blog.cuelogic.co.in/?p=7 
This blog is part of the initiative taken towards imbibing 'Open Source' software and philosophies at Sankalan this year. We'll have news and happenings from the FOSS world, tips and tricks, and initiatives taken by students put up here. 
Now, lets have a little peep at Sankalan!

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2 comments:

  1. sarvesh kumarFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    could anyone tell me how open sources make money?

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  2. PrashantFebruary 16, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    The software is free, but companies typically charge for providing support. In case of RedHat and Novell, they have separate free and paid products: Fedora is free and community driven, while RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is paid, similarly for Novell, openSUSE is free and SuSe Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop (SLES/SLED) is paid. Large corporations and businesses need the peace of mind that the support from RHEL or SLES comes with, while students like us can prefer free software like Fedora/openSUSE. The companies are catering to both eventualities. Apart from this, open source consultancy firms are also there, which provide solutions based solely on open source software.

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