FOSS is better 'alternative' to pirated software--advocate

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Sep 17, 2007 2:48 AM EDT
Inquirer.net; By Erwin Oliva
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Free and open source software (FOSS) is a better alternative to pirated software, a local open source advocate has said. "There is an alternative to pirated software. You don't need to pirate software to use good software. We often read raids of shops and businesses using illegal software. People want to use software, and FOSS is an alternative," said Dr. Giovanni Tapang, member of the Computer Professionals Union and Agham, an organization of Filipino scientists and engineers, in an interview last week.

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