It’s your choice: Free or Not Free
I had my class this morning on computer literacy and a little bit of programming. As I first talked about my experience and a short introduction about myself I wondered if these students really know what they are doing (well, at least, in the context of computers). When they had their first taste of computers majority of them shared that they thought that computers already have a bundled software. Their experience will tell us that they know nothing about software licensing and the need to have a legit copy of it. When they heard that these computer applications should be bought they immediately ask “how much?”. And I began to give them some estimates. The bad thing is… They have discovered that the cost of the computers now is nothing compared to the licensing cost. With that, I also shared to them that there are equivalent, mature and stable software which is FREE… “Oh Yes! Absolutely Free!”. So I started sharing FOSS to them and they immediately got interested. In fact, on our next meeting I will share to them the OpenEducation Disc which I shared to you in my last post.
