Open-source PHP scripts

This post is about open source, and what open source has done for me (and the FreddyWare Solutions Enterprise Network). I will be mentioning key programs that I use.

You may or may not realize that Geekie.org is a blog. (Wait, that’s not what I wanted to say.) You may or may not realize that Geekie.org is a blog running on Wordpress. Wordpress is probably the most popular script for blogs out there at the moment… and best of all, it’s free! Not just free, but open source, and extensible, with plugins, themes, and widgets…

About FreddyWare@School, you may or may not realize that it runs on an open-source CMS program… Joomla!. Not only is Joomla also extensible, with a developing templates system and great components/modules/plugins, but Joomla! is complex, and has been contributed to by so many programmers across the globe.

Just about all of FreddyWare’s assets run on PHP scripts, and most of these are free, open-source programs. From Openads (FreddyWare Advertisements), to Wordpress and Joomla!, to SMF (FreddyWare Forums), to OS Commerce, I love open source. (Linux too, in contrast to the widely popular and commercial Windows.)

If you’ve read up to this, you may be scratching your head wondering why I’m continuing to talk about this stuff… it’s because of the Google Summer of Code! But why does that interest me? It’s not like I’m going to be participating. It’s because some of the greatest open source projects will… from Wordpress to Joomla!. As for Wordpress, my Dashboard reminds me about it every time I view it.

That’s all I really have to say about my sites and services. Now here’s what I have to say to the audience out there… choose open source if you can. Get away from all those proprietary and costly (not necessarily better) programs, and make the switch to widely contributed projects like Wordpress. You won’t regret it.

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