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Re:What is the greatest problem that FOSS has solved? by termimol on Monday May 27, 2019 @01:21PM (#20023725)
It has commoditized some very expensive software at a low-low price of $0. This has reduced the cost of experimentation and unleashed a giant wave of creativity.
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Re:What is the greatest problem that FOSS has solved? by kleer001 on Monday May 27, 2019 @06:37PM (#20025751)
the biggest one of these I know is "Blender", a 3D vfx modeling, animation, shading, and rendering package.
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Re:What is the greatest problem that FOSS has solved? by jolmg on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:50PM (#20034769)
I once read that c compilers were also very expensive before gcc. There's also Gimp to avoid Photoshop. Openoffice/Libreoffice to avoid MS Office. Linux distros to avoid Windows.
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