TY - JOUR
T1 - A free ride on the information highway
T2 - Gratis software for enhancing end user productivity
AU - Delozier, Eric P.
PY - 2001/6/1
Y1 - 2001/6/1
N2 - The concept of gratis software is anything but new. Not to be confused with free software and the efforts of the Free Software Foundation http://www.fsf.org, this article reviews selected productivity software for the IBM-compatible PC and Windows operating system that is both obtainable and useable without payment. Included in this selection are: operating systems, office productivity, e-mail, document viewers, compression, system, antivirus, and Web browsers. The selected titles offer the possibility for building a complete suite of productivity applications around software that is freely available for personal use.
AB - The concept of gratis software is anything but new. Not to be confused with free software and the efforts of the Free Software Foundation http://www.fsf.org, this article reviews selected productivity software for the IBM-compatible PC and Windows operating system that is both obtainable and useable without payment. Included in this selection are: operating systems, office productivity, e-mail, document viewers, compression, system, antivirus, and Web browsers. The selected titles offer the possibility for building a complete suite of productivity applications around software that is freely available for personal use.
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U2 - 10.1300/J136v06n02_02
DO - 10.1300/J136v06n02_02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85024052941
SN - 1087-5301
VL - 6
SP - 13
EP - 22
JO - Internet Reference Services Quarterly
JF - Internet Reference Services Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -