Well...for one thing...not being overly reliant on third party companies that want to rule the world.
- Many businesses are now turning to Open Source for solutions to web based and non web based applications
- Here are some examples:
- Wordpress - Content Mangagement System
- MySql - Database management system
- Linux - Operating system
- Brackets - HTML editor
- TextWrangler - HTML editor
- Filezilla - ftp upload
- Gimp - image editor
- Inkscape - Vector graphic editor
- Firefox - Web Browser
- Audacity - Audio editor
- Open Office - Multiple office productivity suite
- VLC - cross platform media player
- Handbreak - video transcoder (rip from DVD)
- Blender - 3d computer graphics
- PDF Creater - Free acrobat