Comments on: [Series] Open Software, Open Content, Open Translation Part III http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/12/13/open-software-open-content-open-translation-part-iii/ An Irreverent Look at the Glocalized World Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:42:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » Open Software, Open Content, Open Translation Part IV http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/12/13/open-software-open-content-open-translation-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-226926 El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » Open Software, Open Content, Open Translation Part IV Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:28:40 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/12/13/open-software-open-content-open-translation-part-iii/#comment-226926 [...] three, I tried to explain 1.) just what is open source software, 2.) what is open content and 3.) why both are in search of better translation tools. Now it’s time to look at how open source software programmers and open content creators [...] [...] three, I tried to explain 1.) just what is open source software, 2.) what is open content and 3.) why both are in search of better translation tools. Now it’s time to look at how open source software programmers and open content creators [...]

]]> By: myke http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/12/13/open-software-open-content-open-translation-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-226916 myke Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:30:36 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/12/13/open-software-open-content-open-translation-part-iii/#comment-226916 I should be paying more attention to my bloglist ... Just to comment on open source ... I've used Kubuntu (the KDE variant of Ubuntu -- desktop environment change only) for over 2 years now. When I first started it, it was confusing, updating was a mess, peripheral support was sketchy at best, and doing simple things from burning a cd to watching a DVD was problematic. Now ... Linux in general and Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu have come a long way. I spend 95% of my time on my laptop on the Kubuntu side while the WinXP partition is generally only brought on line when I have stuff from work that requires certain things still not quite available elsewhere. As more and more software and access to platforms becomes internet based, Linux and other open source software platforms and programs will have a true fighting chance against monopolistic proprietary software such as Windows and Office. People simply want things to work ... which is why the translations into multiple languages has helped Ubuntu and it's variants take off much much faster elsewhere in the world other than the U.S. When it comes right down to it, most people use their pcs for internet access, multimedia, and office productivity. Of those three things, the only thing still lagging some what on the Linux side is Office. But it's fast closing the gap. Open source provides choice. The ability to customize. And just as a point of note, regardless of their percentage of market share, Apple is as closely sunk into the proprietary mode as Microsoft ever was. They simply tied the software and hardware together. Which ... btw ... is what eventually was the biggest contributor to Microsoft taking over the desktop world. But I digress .... I should be paying more attention to my bloglist … Just to comment on open source … I’ve used Kubuntu (the KDE variant of Ubuntu — desktop environment change only) for over 2 years now. When I first started it, it was confusing, updating was a mess, peripheral support was sketchy at best, and doing simple things from burning a cd to watching a DVD was problematic. Now … Linux in general and Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu have come a long way. I spend 95% of my time on my laptop on the Kubuntu side while the WinXP partition is generally only brought on line when I have stuff from work that requires certain things still not quite available elsewhere. As more and more software and access to platforms becomes internet based, Linux and other open source software platforms and programs will have a true fighting chance against monopolistic proprietary software such as Windows and Office. People simply want things to work … which is why the translations into multiple languages has helped Ubuntu and it’s variants take off much much faster elsewhere in the world other than the U.S. When it comes right down to it, most people use their pcs for internet access, multimedia, and office productivity. Of those three things, the only thing still lagging some what on the Linux side is Office. But it’s fast closing the gap.

Open source provides choice. The ability to customize.

And just as a point of note, regardless of their percentage of market share, Apple is as closely sunk into the proprietary mode as Microsoft ever was. They simply tied the software and hardware together. Which … btw … is what eventually was the biggest contributor to Microsoft taking over the desktop world.

But I digress ….

]]>