Free software developers involved in the Debian Conference which was held in Caceres, have agreed that this system is gaining fans “at a higher rate of tranquility that allows for some great companies.”

This has been indicated to Efe Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez and Jose Antonio Recio, who lead the team of developers of the Debian Conference IX, which until July 30 is celebrated in Caceres.

Both have stressed that the Debian project is huge, distributed a large amount of software and involved 2000 volunteers from around the world “and there is no entity or interest behind.”

“We are all volunteers and we adhere to a hierarchy as flat as possible,” said Guerrero Lopez, who has insisted that each of them work from home and the area you are most interested in Debian, either assemblers, translators or services.

They have also ensured that the negative impact it has made for Microsoft Windows Vista has given more fame to the free software, because “there are actually people who offer to uninstall it in a professional way of personal computers,” says José Antonio Recio.

In his view, the Windows Vista has made many consumers wary of Microsoft’s software, which he did not care to pay license fees for keeping quiet. ”

Linux is winning the game especially at the institutional level, and many companies are starting to rely on free software as a mainstay of their computer systems.

In this regard, ensure that the change in attitude is through business, and that the network of free software is building among the different public administrations and organizations ranging from large corporations to small businesses.

As for the future launch of the Chrome OS, operating system, Google has announced that free for NetBooks, Guerrero Lopez notes that “it does not matter what Google or Microsoft do, we sell an option we want to reach a large number of people” .

Added that the system that Google intends to launch is likely to work over the internet “but unfortunately not everyone has access to the network and, in fact, internet is very expensive in African countries, for example.”

The advantage that free software is that the user does not depend on anyone and absolutely given as example, some mail servers “since the day that server fails, you lose your access to your personal mail, and are completely defenseless.”

Another example is the number of companies and users are forced to migrate to a new version of Office, but do not want something that will not happen with free software, highlight the developers.

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