The GNU/LINUX Advantage : Contd….
Another key advantage of GNU/Linux is that it includes only open technologies based on public standards (when available). This means that GNU/Linux is always a smart choice because the included technology is very likely to already be a standard in the IT world - technology that is compatible and interoperable with other operating systems. With GNU/Linux, you will never become a prisoner of technology as often happens in the Windows and Macintosh worlds.
For example, with GNU/Linux it’s very easy to communicate over a network with just about any other computer platform, with various protocols, such as for exchanging data files. Even in the office productivity field GNU/Linux is rapidly gaining superiority with its OpenOffice and KOffice office suites, which understand a number of different office file formats, including MS Office documents.
On the other hand, the way that GNU/Linux and its applications are developed and produced ensures that it’s very perennial because in the free software world, even if a software project is abandoned by its original authors, there is always someone, or even a new team of developers, willing to maintain and release new versions of the software.
–To be Contd…
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