Open Source is a 'community' endeavour by dedicated programmers around the world, which results in high quality software for all. Users are encouraged to offer feedback and to report errors, which are generally very quickly implemented.

"The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing." www.opensource.org

We use only Open Source software for our business and for customers' websites.

Firefox –Get Firefox here.

Firefox is a browser similar to Internet Explorer. It is easy to use and has many fine features such as 'Tab Browsing' which allows you to have multiple pages open in one window. Updates are automatic and there are hundreds of useful 'add-ons. Changing to Firefox is very easy and favourites can be imported from Internet Explorer ensuring a smooth changeover.

Open Office –Get Open Office here.

Open Office works almost the same way as Microsoft Office. It also has a 'save as PDF' feature and is free. With Open Office all you need to do to make a PDF file is click an icon and it's done! Open Office can read and save Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access files too.

Thousands more Open Source projects can be found at www.sourceforge.net