Now it's easy to try Open Source software--for free!
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There's less risk because there are no long downloads and no installation hassles.
You’ll receive pre-configured, fully functional software applications installed on your own private virtual machine that you access right from your desktop.
It's a fact. Open Source software can save your company money, offer more flexibility, and improve productivity. But finding and utilizing the right software can be time-consuming, frustrating and risky.
It’s no secret. The Open Source Community has developed innovative products. But with resources that are already stretched, finding and implementing the right Open Source software can be a real challenge.
You know they’re out there. Plenty of users are interested in the products developed by the Open Source Community. But finding and attracting those users can be difficult and takes valuable time away from what you do best.
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The click2try Web Developer Workstation bundles a powerful set of Web development tools to help you design and build website and web applications faster. With a full LAMP stack, Bluefish editor, Synfig Studio, and many other tools, you will be more productive in less time.
The click2try Linux Developer Workstation combines the EasyEclipse for C and C++ distro with the eXtplorer file manager and FTP client, to help you get started on your C and C++ development immediately. Code, debug, document, and test with a complete set of powerful tools.
Looking for a powerful, secure, and easy-to-install operating system and desktop UI? Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux operating systems using the GNOME desktop. With a large community of users and supporters, you'll find Ubuntu a solid performer.
click2try™ Helps Users Run Ubuntu Directly from Open Source Catalog
Houston, TX - click2try™ (http://www.click2try.com) today announced the availability of Ubuntu 8.04 (http://www.ubuntu.com) in its online catalog of virtualized Open Source applications. A Community site, click2try enables users to try applications for free and use by subscription.
click2try™ Announces New Web Developer Workstation
Provides on-demand, virtualized developer tools to encourage software and Web innovation
Houston, TX--click2try (http://www.click2try.com), a community site that makes it easy to try and use Open Source software, today announced that it has added a new special-purpose application to its catalog of Open Source software. The click2try Web Developer Workstation bundles several powerful and popular development tools, aimed at Web designers and developers, into one easily accessible system.
Enables educators and administrators to easily evaluate and use world-class learning environment
Houston, TX--click2try™ (http://www.click2try.com), a community site that makes it easy to try and use Open Source software, today announced it has added Sakai CLE to its online catalog of Open Source applications. Sakai is an enterprise-level collaboration and learning environment for educators. Sakai is an Open Source application that lets individual instructors customize the learning experience for their students. Researchers and administrators can also use Sakai to develop sites that specifically serve their collaboration needs.
The Future Is Here: Critical Convergence in IT Technology Solutions
Converged Solutions Driving Costs Down and Customer Satisfaction Up
In today's economic environment, every company is under pressure to cut costs, raise productivity, and improve margins.
IT straddles an ever-widening chasm between cutting costs and satisfying strategic business objectives. The danger is that IT will find itself treading water, at best, in the battle between rising costs and user demands for better service. In the worst-case scenario, IT will become an innovation-crushing gatekeeper, rather than the strategic innovator it could be.
Sun Microsystems is making a new push into cloud computing today by announcing plans to offer an Internet-based service that will rent out data-storage and processing capacity to developers, startup businesses and others who may not want to invest in building their own data center.
French police: we saved millions of euros by adopting Ubuntu
A recent report has revealed that France's national police force has saved an estimated 50 million euros since 2004 by adopting open source software and migrating a portion of the organization's workstations to Ubuntu Linux. They plan to roll out the Linux distro to all 90,000 of their workstations by 2015.
Truthout.org: Yes, We Can Make the Stimulus More Stimulating
Economist Dean Baker, best known for calling the housing bust and warning of the ensuing economic collapse, has just published his recommendations for how to allocate President-elect Obama's estimated 800 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. Among other things, Baker calls for juicing the economy with 2 billion dollars worth of government spending to support the development of free and open source software.
