Open source software is true democracy. It allows you to poke your nose into everyone’s code and will even allow you to change the warp and woof of the code–so long as you do not restrict his or her option to do so too!

The best part of this deal is that you do not have to pay anything for this freedom! You do not have to ask for permissions, get licenses or even wait for someone to tell you that it is ok to shape the code to suit your needs!

The social power of open source software is tremendous! It creates bonds and active groups who interact with each other and work on together on outputs amicably and democratically. Open source web design platforms like Joomla, Drupal, PHP, or XOOPS open up tremendous opportunities for social interaction and creativity in groups.

For instance, Drupal was originally written for bloggers and for bulletin board systems and has developed into a full-blown feature rich content management system. Independent groups of developers have adopted the software and steadily contribute to its growth.

They take care of core security issues and offer it up to small businesses and independent developers as an excellent platform for self-expression. The theme engine is its unique selling point. Today Drupal powers the weblog of Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the Internet! It also powers this blog! Yea, me and Tim, we’re tight. Go Drupal.

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