There is a good deal of Open Source software out there for Windoze. 
The only no-cost apps I used that are not Open Source were AVG (virus
scnner - no-cost, closed source) and Opera.  Open Office, The Gimp,
and the rest are Open Source and no-cost.

Oddly enough, I send yearly donations to the Open Source software,
but never buy the closed source ones.  Weird huh?  I guess I am
giving sort, but the Scottish blood won't let me buy a cow that gives
free milk.

Doug

--- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I get it. The only "free" programs I know of in Windoz are from
> Karen
> Kenworthy at http://www.karenware.com . The programs are not only
> free, but
> she gives you the source code if you want it. Of course it is in
> VB.
> Larry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 8:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] OT: Open Source Software for the
> college-bound
> freshman using Win98
> 
> 
> > Larry,
> >
> > You are misinterpreting my use of the word "free". I meant free
> as in
> > "free speech", not free as in "free beer". I guess I should have
> said
> > "open source" instead. Ah, well. ;)
> >
> > Definitions:
> > free software: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> > open source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
> >
> 
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Doug Riddle
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-- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the 
Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington --


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