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CPE802 OPEN SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Pre-requisites: Nil

Acad Unit: 3

Philosophy and history of Open Source Software (OSS). Contribution of OSS to innovation. Open Standards such as Web 2.0, ogg/speex (audio), png (image), open document format (odf), encryption (PKI), etc. Coverage of OSS alternatives to completely replace proprietary versions of client software all the way from the Operating System to word processing, mail/web browsing, media playback, graphic manipulation, automated scripting, etc. Coverage of OSS alternatives for servers, including virtualization, chat servers, mail servers, web servers, application servers, collaboration tools, DBMS, pod/video casts, content/project management, etc.