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101 Reasons to use FOSS
There are definitely a lot of reasons why we use FOSS / Systems, that's why we are creating this list to help spreading the words to the mass public. It's always an on-going list please feel free to add yours. If you find good source / reference article of benefits explaining some points, please help to link to the relevant points as well.
Freedom matters! (freedom to create, share, invent, collaborate, learn and modify)
- Lots of choice, not only what to use but also how to use it
- No vendor lock in
- FOSS encourages open standards (odt, png ..)
- Fewer viruses (for Linux systems)
- It's the best way to avoid piracy
- Everybody can try and play
- Promotes transparency and accountability, you (can) know what you are installing and using
- Lots of community support, you can even get to talk to the people who developed the software
- Cross-platform
- Foster real innovation and creativity
- Promotes honesty as there are lots of honest quality referees
- Fights monopoly
- Promotes free market competition and creates lots of business opportunities
- Keen competition helping to keep things move forward
- It doesn't belong to any company, it belongs to us
- Brings together people from all over the world
- The most powerful way to build software as anybody can join in
- Has passionate communities full of passionate people
- Rewards skill, ingenuity and willingness to learn
- An outcome of cooperation and collaboration
- It succeeds on its own merits – even marketing cannot save crappy software
- It doesn't exclude anybody and its door is always open
- Lots of free tutorials you to learn from
- It accommodates everybody, from beginner to expert, from children to elder
- It promotes knowledge sharing and allows everybody to learn from each other
- It encourages easy customization, as we don't believe one product suits everybody
- It doesn't sacrifice quality as there is no deadline – developers keep working until their product is perfect
NASA uses FOSS as it allows them to do things on a massive scale at little cost
- You are free to localize it and share it with your country (esp. for those countries that companies believe they are not profitable for sales)
- FOSS systems are famous for reliability and stability
- Governments choose FOSS for its high level of security
- Eye candy e.g. 3D Desktop - Compiz Fusion
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