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All, I will try to describe here what is Open Source in a very easy short way. Open Source Software is/are FREE but being free is not enough you must get the SOURCE CODE as well. That is a major difference between Open Source and Freeware for example.If you do not have the Source code, then it is not open source, and you must have the right to change it and republish BUT you must mention the original owner of the code in your document - in other words just respect other's work -. Why I love Open Source ? 0) Open Source is great for Education, where you pay license fees comparable to the Hardware cost - I will talk about how we can use Open Souce in Education later. 1) I learn more for Open Source Software 2) Lots of options I have 3) Imagine that a Software company has the whole internet or every1 interested in software contributing to the code, what a HIGH QUALITY software it will be then Open Source as a methodology enhances the QUALITY of the software 4) Open Source Software is

All, I have been fooled and trapped to a Yahoo phishing site. It was a message asking to view some pics and send my honest feedback, I though it is something legitimate, but it never was once I saw the yahoo photo phised page, I entered my password which in less than a minute - when I realized that was phishing that password have been changed and have done the same thing to many others at my contact list. They asked for money to return our mail again the VERY STRANGE/BAD thing that YAHOO never cared to help us, I was very sad to find that YAHOO ppl do not care about their customers. I wrote them many mails, and it was always the same reply - a ready made template- All what I wanted was to reset my password and send the reset link to my valid alternate mail, but that was in vain Yahoo ppl I'm so sad and upset from how you treated all of us Please avoid this site (Yahoo Photo Phising : http://uk.geocities.com/vvvv.vvvv77/ ) Please do not go to the above site I knew that IP that chang

All, It is a Presentation talks/explains how Open Source Software can drive money and success for business. I called it FOSS as business model. Download it here : http://www.geek2live.com/present/fossbusiness.ppt Samer Azmy

All, I have been researching for a while on MS-Exchange Replacement , with the following aims : 1) Something more stable 2) Easier to maintain 3) less expensive 4).... I found the following i) SCALIX http://www.scalix.com/ There is an Open Source version which gives full features with only 25 users that can have MS-Outlook Access to their inbox. although that the Web interface it intutive, AJAX , and pretty fast all features are accessible in the Open Source versions except the number of users limitation SCALIX works on RedHat Enterprise Version , although that it is easy to make it work on other distros there is support for AntiVirus, SPAM filtering and many other features. the Community and Forum are active ii) ZIMBRA http://www.zimbra.com/ I do not have much experience on it, as I did not try it extensively. it is all time constrant, but for sure I will work on it and let all of you know. iii) CITADEL http://www.citadel.org/doku.php I just read about it, did not have the hands on ex

All, Low Cost Computing is an interesting subject for me for many reasons, I will list some of those reasons hoping to share the same interst with you - this post is long one, and I will finish it in one day- I beleive it will be always active as I will try to add as much resources as I can on the go. 1) Linux Low Cost Computing 2) MS-Windows Low Cost Comuting 3) Thin Clients will be continue and supported by presentations soon

it is a weekend, and I decided that I Will use Google Blog as much as i'm using Google for everything. This Blog is Technology related (IT Technology Related) Open Source Related (Sharing knowledge, recommending/listing OS tools I research on) You can post your Open Source Question , and I will try to answer it if I know!!! IT Security Related Cluster and Super Computer related Pets and Dogs in particular Peace