Lecture 7

This week Jason took the lecture again and we looked at open source software which is also called freeware. Freeware refers to applications made by users that are able to be downloaded and ued for free. They are made in to go up against oppositions like Microsoft and large companies who charge massive prices.

Freeware allows other users to improve the software through having open source coding so they are able to edit and develop the code and app. Freeware is also very specified and there are programs made to do very small, simple things. Alot of time freeware will take a more expensive program that you have to pay for and adjust it slightly to make another similar program that you can get for free. For instance there is VLC media player and GIMP which is very similar to photoshop.

There are many sites that include freeware applications. Some of these are
- http://portableapps.com/
- http://download.cnet.com/windows/