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The Wikipedia definition of open-source software is:

Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form for which the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, and improve the software. Open source licenses often meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition. Some open source software is available within the public domain. Open source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development and often compared to user-generated content. The term open-source software originated as part of a marketing campaign for free software. A report by Standish Group states that adoption of open-source software models has resulted in savings of about $60 billion per year to consumers.

What does that mean for you? Tons of up-to-date software of all kinds, that is what it means. Each with its own communities, forums and geeks to help you out. Everything you need to do just about everything you need to do can be found. And if not, you can find plenty of people to do it.

Now to be clear, we are here to help when we can but we do not directly support software. That would be a help desk in itself and we are just not into that. Our goal is to provide the safest and most stable hosting service we can while controlling cost.

Check out the software available under the Fantastico Deluxe package. Over sixty scripts including blogs, content management, shopping carts, image galleries and more. All the popular names are there, WordPress, Joomla, Typo3 and Zen Cart to name a few.

But the real beauty of the open source world is that it allows you and me to compete or create without the high Microsoft like license fees and expenses. And with open source there is much more help available.

Here are some resources to check out:

http://www.opensource.org/, The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.
www.openoffice.org, The Free, Open Source Office Suite.
www.opensourcewindows.org, This is the best Windows software that we know of. No adware, no spyware, just good software.
www.opensourcemac.org/, This is the best free Mac software that we know of.