MY FOSS Learners Journals

Primarily before FOSS (Free Open Source Software) was not introduced to me before or even I didn’t recognize it impact to society that this thing exists, even though I was an Information Technology student and yet I’m 4^th year of my taken course. But it was not necessarily to me before that this openness of software to study because I’m not really in to it although I now it’s not my prerogative wayward earlier than before but it open up my mind about the reality of this Free Open Source Software and significantly learn about it more than I had expected but it was a challenge for me to defy concerning further about this course. Free Open Source Software had open me the gateway to other complicated and challenge world of IT. This brought my intriguing question to fill up individually like a jigsaw puzzle on the board that slowly assembling into picture however it deal me also on the complex side of FOSS but it endure me to pursue and take it up as a challenge, this learning of information regarding with FOSS was adhesively joint the different side of both world proprietary and free. But I was more into proprietary and talking blank about this thing was my interested although maybe it was more into basic and GUI (Graphical Inter face Friendly) to end-user since it spoon feed the user and create people cost a lot of bucks in their pocket not knowing that there is a lot of choice other than those fee software. Going down about this course taken me to other side and intrigue me a question about FOSS and openness it challenge me to comprehend all of those learning but it was easy as A, B and C after all not knowing that I was into the lessons. Questions filled up my mind introductorily basically those simple questions at first like what is FOSS? What is the significant of using it? Why do we need to Use it? Are there standards of using it? And other several questions pop in my mind however as I go on more in depth it realizes me more significantly the usage of FOSS and openness it customize. Week by week as our discussion made far by my fellow classmates and help us adopt the significant it cater to society and knowing it standard of sets and rules it follow. As our sharing had brought us so far those simple question had elaborated more than I had expected as individual share their thoughts and ideas regarding to the question had open it significantly interested me to read and also comprehend the sharing their open up. Though those previously question had yet clarify me one by one it signifies me that this healthy discussion about FOSS was more interesting than I had expected and we go long further every week new ideas and sharing is open for another round of discussion later on I will introduce weekly attributes of division of our lessons and argument. The first we had discuss on the first week of our topic was more about on basic question regarding on FOSS and standards we had shared our ideas and question was release from every individual and every body was participating. Introduction to Open Standard was the main concept of the first week and first topic and it was decomposed into several folders of questions and arguments. The first thing that draws to my attention in the first topic was regarding to standards and sets of open source software. We define first the meaning of standards to heat up our own discussion regardless with this open source software, sharing was on the air and different ideas about standard was post and I, myself also define standard as a set of specification that measures the common attribute of all industry is preferred to use. It must be recognized by some organization like IEEE, IETF, W3C, ISO and other private or public organization that conducts a study or set of the requirements regarding with standards. In this age today this standard is very important because we are living in this fast changing world with everything is instant and to measure the quality of the specification of the product that it release, it needs to have a set of standards that is beneficiary to all and without stepping beyond it limitations. This will ensure user to have a sufficient and have trust to the quality of the product they bought and this will also be significant to other infrastructure both small and big enterprises to have confidence with their product that they are selling. The sequel for this topic was introduced for the opening of what is the meaning Open Standard? It brought up some intriguing question regarding with standards though many articles and research I had read about it they define that it as non formal meaning of open standard though I was used to it because of mostly cases of problem I encountered it specify more on the issues on what is standard more all about like also defining standards but what is openness? This is regard with general things that is usually done or common to all. And a set of discoursing regarding with Introduction about Open Standards was held to into every individual and healthy discussion was made for all us. To sum it all my learning with the first topic of the week was the introductory part and it was a big leap for me to know the important behind sine of this course I had learned many information regarding with Free Open Source Software and a set of Standards and the important of using it because as part of this new generation today where change is constant it is necessarily to everyone to adopt the trend that had been milestone for every year and this deals with many various things like software and other technology innovations now a days that are released. At the end of the week many ideas had stock in my mind and this brought me rewarding for end of the week that the benefits for this open source of standard that it caters offers a significant innovation for today generations. It would be better to customized and look differently to the world that we are moving and looking forward to these free open source of software might look better if we could understand it better than grasping those proprietary software that is existing today. I know they offer best solution but it would be better if you could save money in your pocket and the thing that there is a lot best solution than that proprietary software is offering. The next chapter that we had discussed and take some time of argument after all the introductory part of Open Source Standard was importance and benefits that serves. Though I had discuss earlier the importance of Open Source Standards and software the examples for this importance of standard is that when upgrading it like computer hardware and software and other networking device and everything that it implies to, it must be standard and open to all that is common to both sides because of unachievable computer platforms and specs needed for specification of a upgrading it there would be a lot of distortion and negative feedback about the company and preventing this should have an organize standard for all. But what is really the important of having a FOSS? For me not only you can access it free but the software itself is dynamic from itself. And requirement of specification of company needs or vendor can easily meet because of it’s specification that is content. Apparently one of the decompose topic that had open on our discussion was the purpose and principles of Free Open Source Software should meet, my co-classmate had discuss and intrigue every individual to share their idea about the principle of Free Open Source Software must undergo to. They had share their idea and taught regarding with the question that is rises in the air and they had shown also their resources of information they gather. Majority of all had the same answer but had a different overview and some had discourse it. And this are principle that was rise in our discussion first was the availability, maximize end-user, no royalty, no discrimination, extension of subset and predatory practices these was the most majority of their share and taught though it had been so many in the internet resource that this information is all about but the significant was of all was the sharing of discussion that had raise over subtopic. Availability was the first thing had introduce the availability of certain product or software today take place because of those rising proprietary company now a day made a great impact and it had been a long way since industry had come over man kind. This availability was of Free and Open source software would be a great innovation and this might change shift for the next year coming that would take place those proprietary costly software to nominal charge for software. The second is it to maximize its end-user though it is the problem of mostly all Open Source software today because majority of all computer users today uses proprietary software and breaking into it should have a great impact to the end-user. To maximize end-user is the mostly aim of every developer to its system or program. But before it all must follow the standards and specification and requirement that are accepted by the organization, people, and industry. No royalty takes shift over the principle of open source software because everything must be equal and royalty or upper hierarchy must be demolished because in this competition there should be equal for both competitors for healthy competition. Discrimination is illegal because for every individual has a right for developing his/her idea and software and discriminating is unacceptable for principle of open source software should be openness. Lastly extension of subset and predatory practices, these perform would give way to everything and evolution itself and make way to innovations of technology and software because of competition it cater to product because everything evolves and starts from competition like in a world war it started all modernization of technology and tech in wars and competition was one of the cause of those effect. These principles follow a lot of major important and purpose for open source software for not only it implies for software values only but the for all company that is producing and product and everything under the sun follow philosophy of standards. But what should be role of Open standard in propagating FOSS? Actually I’ve been talking a lot about FOSS and not dealing with distinguishing both parties to look much more conveniently free open source software is only a open source software that is addressing to software to both all user or any people who want to study or improve certain software under open source because in FOSS you can generate and make up your own customized version of software with regards to what had the software had started but in a different way to open standard it operates because free open source software follow the specification needed for open standard requirement for functionality and availability that is why it also follow the principle of process of open source software the availability, it should be available both sides and parties. Open standards influence a great effect to Free Open Source Software because in most discussion and sharing we had discuss I learned that the open source software is also promoting not only for free open source software but also to the open standards it follows principle like Free open source software is the body and the shadow is the open standard. As far as the topic had been open and discusses every week I learned and noticed how this proprietary and free open source software is competing with each other and in order for the free open source software to flow within the competition of both world takes a standards to stand for both parties and this is a challenge for free open source software today because in this age today majority of the people uses proprietary or non-FOSS like mostly café that is using Microsoft Word and OS. It would be a great challenge for free open software to break in this era and order for non-profit open source software to make shift in the industry though it had been way since time had pass I know FOSS had already make shift today but to discuss of what I had learned in the discussion is that FOSS must compete more for interoperability and compatibility of platforms and software. Example for this age today is the OpenOffice.org word was acquired by Sun Microsystems that has been competing over Microsoft Word over the year. It adhere that open source software are now slowly influencing micro establishment and businesses. Though it’s not only free open source software but its competing platform was the same as the Microsoft develops its Microsoft Word. It’s proven widely that open source software could break in the walls over proprietary companies and this had not been the issue today because long ago LINUX break in already in the world of Information Technology and Software. As far our discussion had went on we had tackled about more on those organization standards and sets though its quite confusing sometimes but it had clear me until the end of every week because with the help of my classmates. My generalization about the discussion that we had tackled and discuss throughout the semester was the important role of Free Open Source Software in campaigning the open standard. Majority some of the discourse topic was preferably concern more about the comparison of proprietary software and standards versus the open source software, to look into the eagle’s eye for the whole topic for where it is heading, that the importance of open source software was the sharing of idea and the multiple end-user could contribute the idea for upgrading and improving version for the software though in most cases over the proprietary was that it couldn’t be customized into your own decision. There are a lot of pros and cons regarding with both sides but using its standards can bridge both the same world however it depends on the user whether what kind of certain software would he used. But in contrast to what I had stated it would be better if you could look deep into free open source software to what it caters so you could appreciate more the FOSS. I would preferably endure the Free Open Source Software now as part of my goal and plan someday it enlighten me how wonderful and amazing on how this software is working while it is also file sharing to other as a part of contribution of study and information. It would be better to work with many end-users than to work by yourself alone. In summary of all, thus FOSS is significantly play more customized than proprietary software even though it’s not yet embrace by many people but as we move along to in this generation we could easily embrace these evolutions for FOSS may play great innovations for future trends of studies and research. Rights and patents had also been discussed in this year of semester but as we move along with our days this right, patents and authority had owned by others and usually government and political sides may also contribute in part of it. FOSS is already here and this freedom and open source of software will slowly dominate the information age as what the technology had impact over mankind.