Thus A-2 was an early, and perhaps the first, example of free and open-source software.
Microsoft executives have said that they consider open-source software one of the company's most significant competitors.
Thus it is believed that A-2 was the first example of free and open-source software.
Yet open-source software is an "up from the bottom" phenomenon, a very different kind of competitor for Microsoft.
It runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software.
The college believes in promoting open-source software and open educational resources.
"I consider open-source software to be part of the environment, like the Internet," he said.
Earlier versions of Zappa are free (though not open-source software).
The government, or anyone else for that matter, can always choose to utilize open-source software internally.
The choice has been hailed by an advocacy group for free and open-source software, April.