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I have always been an advocate of open-source software. It appeals to me from an ideological sense, but it also helps me save money and at the same time get great software that is free. I know that back home you could go some where and pick up CD for a couple of KDs and you get your self a whole set of software that simply works. The question is, if I have an alternative to a piece of software that costs lots of money, why not use it? Let me give you an example. Microsoft Office on the Mac costs $180 for student and teachers edition and more for other editions. There is an alternative called NeoOffice which costs $0 which is nothing. Plus it has Arabic language support. Most software that I intend to review is of a similar caliber. It is free and open source or donate ware.
A good question that one would ask is, why bother with open source? Well, Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD which is an open source OS. Our beloved operating system has so much to offer when it comes to open source software. Most software available to the Mac can be found open source and so most of the good ones are.
In the future, when I do a review article that is shareware or pay-ware, I will try to find open source alternatives. I would be happy to see what you, dear reader, use on your Mac and also to answer any questions relevant to the Mac.

Here are several Links about Open Source Software

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