Free Mac Software?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Ade Lewis

So, what is mac freeware?

Freeware is a label that is used freely across the internet and fairly often wrongly. I suspect that the cause of the confusion is down to the person that first coined the phrase “Freeware” and included “Free” in it. The term itself does give out the belief that it can used however you like. It’s free after all? Sorry to say “Freeware” doesn’t mean Free

You can use Freeware for as long as you like without making any payment but this software still has a license limiting how you can use it. The software license commonly restricts the usage in some way so that, for example, the core files are not allowed to be modified, or you are not allowed to re-distribute the software or take any payment for making the software available for download.

Why the need for a license?

The simple answer is that although you can use the software for as long as you like without payment, there is quite often a business or marketing reason behind the cost free license. For example, the developer wants you to use a ‘Lite’ copy of the software and be so impressed with it that you buy the full pro version or they want you to go to their website to download it where they hope to tempt you with other goods.

Is this a bad thing? No. It’s free to use! How can this be bad?

OK. so they possibly could have an agenda behind creating and distributing the software but you still get to use it for free for as long as you like so long as you stick to the license agreement. The bottom line is that if you are using the software and you like it then you can continue for as long as you like without payment.

What kind of software is “Free Software”?

I would urge reading any small print before deciding for yourself that you can do as you see fit with someone elses software but the correct term is “Free Software” but this term is also very often misused so check the small print.

Just to keep you straight, here are a couple of other terms that are used that may lead you to think that the software is “Free”

Shareware – This type of software you can distribute as much as you like as long as you don’t take payment or modify the source code. Typically, this software gives you a licence to use the software for a set period (typically 30 days) after which time you need to make a payment to the developer to continue using it.

Open source – This type of software basically allows you to modify it, use it and distribute it as you see fit, the source code is open. What you can not do is sell this software or any software that you develop from it. Any license information contained within the source code must remain intact along with any credits to the previous developer.

Apple Mac freeware is the largest collection of Free Mac Software on the internet. You will not find any Shareware or paid software listed on our site just 100% completely Free software for Macs.

GoDaddy.com adopts Linux Professional Institute Certification

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

“We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with Go Daddy and share their values on the importance of workforce development of IT professionals in Linux and Open Source solutions. LPI will continue to work with industry leaders such as Go Daddy to ensure a program that measures the Linux skills needed for the enterprise environment,” said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI.

GoDaddy.com approached the Linux Professional Institute earlier this year and noted that LPI’s exam objectives complemented Go Daddy’s skill requirements for their in-house staff responsible for Debian and CentOS webservers. In addition, the company sought a global standard in Linux knowledge to use as an ongoing recruitment tool for anticipated needs in new IT staff. Go Daddy has doubled in size in the last four years and is always looking to add employees skilled in Linux technologies to support their growing operations.

“Continuing education is vital to the success of Go Daddy. Technology changes so quickly, that employees need to have the opportunity to access the most up-to-date information. LPI’s vendor-neutral certification gives Go Daddy the ability to have employees increase their personal knowledge while helping the company,” said Lane Jarvis, Vice President – Human Resources of GoDaddy.com.

Jarvis also pointed out that an attractive element in their adoption of LPI certification was a flexible training program that would enable the company to develop in-house training aligned with LPI’s exam objectives: “Working with Gurulabs has provided the necessary courseware and expertise for a ‘train-the-trainer’ program – enabling Go Daddy to develop our own in-house solution for LPI certification training of our employees.”

The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government entities and the educational community. LPI’s certification program is supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents and is distributed worldwide in multiple languages at more than 7,000 testing locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 290,000 exams and 95,000 LPIC certifications around the world.

Red Hat posts bumper financial figures, shows Linux popularity

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

LINUX VENDOR Red Hat has unveiled bumper quarterly profits that put it on course to generate $1bn in revenue by the end of its financial year.

Red Hat announced first quarter 2012 financial year revenue of $265m, up 27 per cent from the same quarter last year. Net income during the quarter was $32.5m, up over 35 per cent from the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, leaving the firm in a bullish mood claiming that its revenue might rise to $1.09bn by the end of its financial year.

Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat told Bloomberg that the firm expects to triple revenue to $3bn within 5 years. “The market is coming to us because all the new development is happening on Linux or, more broadly, on an open-source platform. Clouds in general run on open source,” said Whitehurst.
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Linux AIR gets cut by Adobe

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin

it’s been another scorching few days here in the Linux blogosphere, where summer appears to have set spring on fire and kicked it out the back door.

It’s no wonder tempers are running hot, but the latest news from the gang over at Adobe(Nasdaq: ADBE) has done nothing to help.

“We will no longer be releasing our own versions of Adobe AIR and the AIR SDK for desktop Linux,” wrote Adobe blogger Mark Hopper last Tuesday.

Apparently Adobe’s desktop Linux releases have accounted for less than 0.5 percent of its AIR downloads, causing the company to pack up the effort and focus on mobile instead.
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