Should we FLOSS in Education?

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FLOSS

What is it?

Why the name FLOSS?

FLOSS acronym can be translated into other languages, with for example the "F" representing free (English) or frei (German), and the "L" representing libre (Spanish or French), livre (Portuguese), or libero (Italian), and so on.

FLOSS is also known as ‘FOSS’ ‘OSS’ & Free Software.

Where does FLOSS come from?

Computer Programmer

Source Code

Compiler

Machine Code

Why do they FLOSS?

Microsoft Office

Libre Office

Google Docs

Adobe Photoshop

GIMP

Ribbet

Flowol

Scratch

Dropal

E-Jay

Audacity

Audio Expert

GarageBand

LMMS

Soundation

Nova Mind

Free Mind

Bubbl

Firefox

Chrome

Android

Safari

The choice is yours

What Is Stopping Us?

Awareness of OSS The Politics of Payment The Dynamics of Change in Schools Understanding Software Choice as an Ethical

Consideration Technical Personnel

Who is FLOSSing

Apple

Over 200 FLOSS applications have been added to the new Mac OS.

Web Server

The most popular web server has always been OSS/FS since such data have been collected. For example, Apache is the current #1 web server. 

PHP

PHP is the web’s #1 Server-side Scripting Language. 

OpenSSH

OpenSSH is the Internet’s #1 implementation of the SSH security protocol. 

MySQL

MySQL’s market share is growing faster than Windows’

Web Browser

Chrome and Firefox combined command over 50% of the browser market.

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive -- the world’s largest library in terms of the amount of text it retains -- uses an OSS/FS operating system. 

Red Hat

Red Hat (a FLOSS vendor) responded more rapidly than Microsoft or Sun.

Security

FLOSS suppliers are 60% faster than proprietary suppliers at responding to vulnerability reports. 

Intel

Intel’s IT Vice President, Doug Busch, reported savings of $200 million by replacing costly Unix servers with cheaper servers running GNU/Linux.

Amazon

Amazon.com was able to cut $17 million in technology expenses in a single quarter, largely due to a switch to Linux.

So why FLOSS?

Choice – By its very nature it is available for all

Reliability – Internet is maintained by FLOSS apps

Security – Allows anyone to check for flaws Fast Deployment – 1000s of volunteers Cost Effective – Free is a hard price to beat Ethical – It is open after all.

I FLOSSED