Open Source Software

Open source programs are free to use and distribute. They are easily available, of high quality, stable and reliable. See www.opensource.org for more information.

Open source software is a miracle of our age. Once you are online you can download open office programs, word clones, publishing tools, spread sheets, mail readers, file and server management tools, emailing suites and even website building tools that require little programing knowledge. For a free office suite I suggest you try www.openoffice.org as a microsoft replacement.

These free tools have rapidly caught up with commercial development and are often as good as, if not better than, the branded alternatives.

We have chosen Etomite from www.etomite.org to power our website and would recommend any webmaster to try it. This is not the only content management system under open source licence, but it is truly amazing.

Thousands and thousands of man hours went into making these open source systems, and you can download, unpack and install them completely free of obligation or charge!

Open source is truly incredible and a real poke in the eye for commercial programming outfits that for so long have charged so much for so little.