The coordinator of Learning Technologies University Center for Economic and Administrative Sciences (CUCEA), Alejandro Lopez Rodriguez, said that more than 50 percent of Mexicans use free software, and most people have in their cell phones.
He expressed that operating system level, the use of free software is not yet widespread, and today the Windows operating system is still used more.
“In countries like Mexico people, whether legal or illegal manner by incurring ‘piracy’, is still married to proprietary systems, Mexicans struggle to change programs and acquire new knowledge” said
He said that Mozilla Firefox or Moodle learning platform is the most widely used throughout the UdeG systems.; OS Linux is a better alternative to the Windows operating system, because the latter is very expensive to maintain legally in computers. “
He stated that LibreOffice, an alternative to Microsoft Office and Android system for mobile are some examples of free software.
He said that there is a proprietary software, generated by companies at very high cost, which can not be changed according to user needs.
said that in contrast, free software, developed by communities of people interested in contributing their knowledge to solve technological problems, can be modified, copied and shared by users and implemented economically and most such software has cost.
He mentioned that a person can have his computer equipped with this software without spending money last.
She pointed out that free software is very safe and the threats to it, as viruses are almost nil and easy to spot.
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