Why Use Open Source?

• Long Term Storage of Electronic Data and Documents: there are serious problems with using wordprocessor documents
• We Can Put an End to Word Attachments by Richard M. Stallman, Jan 2002
• OpenOffice.org: open source, beautifully designed and FREE office software. Yes, it does word processing, slides, spread sheets, graphics AND direct access to your databases.
• LaTeX: superior typesetting
• Different Web Browser, Workarounds Suggested by US-CERT to Deal with IE Vulnerabilities Vulnerability Note Emphasizes Change Due to IE's Continual Problems

  The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is recommending that users of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) consider trying a different Web browser due to the multiple security breaches that have occurred recently. Vulnerability Note VU#713878 states that due to a significant number of IE's vulnerabilities, switching Web browsers is a valid safety measure.

  Vulnerability Note VU#713878 Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly validate source of redirected frame From US-CERT.
• Free Software for Busy People at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
• Emerging Information Technologies Lecture
• Wikipedia article
• OpenOffice.org: How to Save NIH or Your Institute Lots of Money

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origin: 2004 September 30
updated: 2004 Jul 19