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...Dreamweaver, web-development tool, is pegged at US$399.00. compression utility tool that reduces disk space, Winzip, can cost from US$29.95-49.95.
No wonder that in many developing countries, software piracy is rampant; copies of popular programmes are sold in black markets for as little as US$2.00 each.
Enter FOSS, the alternative to buying expensive licensed software or the cheap (but illegal and often unreliable) knockoffs. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) or Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (F/LOSS) refers to software that is "liberally licensed to grant the right of users to study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code."
The FOSS movement works directly opposite corporate intentions, says...
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