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Using QuickFrame without a Reliable Internet Connection

tompossin December 5th, 2007

In the course of providing QuickFrame for schools around he world one problem has cropped up repeatedly. Unreliable or expensive access to the Internet.

I have come up with basically 2 alternatives for those that are faced with this problem.

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Using Unbuntu Christian Edition – a Review

tompossin November 15th, 2006

The last time I saw this distribution discussed it degenerated quickly into a flame war that had nothing to do with the merits of the distribution. Recently I saw that there was an update to the distribution. I had a bit of time so I thought I would take it for a spin and see what it was actually like. While this review is brief I hope to cover the major features that differentiate this distribution from Ubuntu its parent distribution and rate its overall usefulness.

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Why Free and Open Source Software is important to a global organization

tompossin November 5th, 2006

“Everybody uses Word, why use anything else it just causes trouble”.

This sentiment is very common today and is often repeated in one form or another as a justification to use Microsoft Products exclusively.

To be fair there are organizations where this may in fact be the path of least resistance and in some cases may even be the right answer.

However…

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