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I’ve recently seen some “Essential for School” ads being run by Microsoft. They’re misleading in that they imply that their $300 office suite is “essential” for education. This is not true. There is a full office suite called OpenOffice.org available for anyone to download, as well as smaller word processors like AbiWord. Both of these are completely free and capable. OpenOffice.org has features that even Microsoft doesn’t offer, like built in PDF export.

Don’t mention Wikipedia in an academic setting. There is usually immense bias that Wikipedia is essentially a pile of trash. These people very rarely know what they’re talking about. The teachers make up facts and the students jump in and bash it. Continue reading ‘Don’t mention Wikipedia in an acedemic setting’ »

Some people might think that Azureus has “sold out”. In reality, the entire program is still open source. The new Vuze UI is completely optional. Continue reading ‘Vuze isn’t evil.’ »