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Free Software = economic stimulus

Jan 4
Sun 12:00 PM
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Estimated attendance
 12  people attended.
4.00 4.002

Who organized?
Matthew Jording

as the country turns out its pockets free software and open source is competitive with commercial software for the majority of corporate and personal needs. Its a marriage made in heaven. The first of the 2009 linux meetup will focus on a couple of meetups with an overview of how to do everything you used to do with commercial software with Linux and free / open source alternatives.

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  • Posted Jan 3, 2009 3:03 PM
    Julia Hammett
    OpenOffice is the standard linux-based replacement for MS Office suite. I am interested in the *deficiencies* of OO for power users of MS office. IMHO, OO still does not meet the power and ease of use of MS office *in a business environment*. Interested in talking with members who have migrated a *business* from MS Office to OO.

Who attended?

  • 12 attendees
    • “ I enjoyed this meeting more than previous gatherings of NYC Linux, in part because the early Sunday time meant that I was neither rushing to the meeting after work nor worried about getting home too late. I also enjoyed it because most of the attendees have experienced as independent contractors in a wider variety of IT settings than I encounter in my day job. If anyone needs "the Perl programmer" as part of any such contracting situation, please give me a shout-out. ”
    • “ Nice and a pleasure as usual ”