Back before everyone got digital, we used to have rolls of undeveloped film in our desk drawers. Because none of us would take the trouble to have them printed. Thank goodness for technology. Now I have CDs of JPGs. At least this time I can see the photos even without having to have prints made.

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Lately, I’ve been getting requests to make open-source versions of commercially bought software. The usual complaints about those software include:

1. They require the company to regularly renew licenses not only for that application, but for the O.S. and database engines. That costs a bundle. I, on the other hand, just need to be paid once.
2. They’re hard to customize.
3. They don’t work.

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