Freeware/Open Source SIG
Meets
Fourth Thursday at 7:00 p.m.at Patch Reef Park Community Center, Yamato Road, Boca Raton.
Make sure to check the http://brcs.org/ site, in case of last minute changes, or cancellations, before attending.
DIRECTIONS:
Exit I-95 at Yamato Road. Go west to the second left after Military Trail
(approximately 1/4 mile).
Patch Reef Park is on the south side of Yamato Road (between Military Trail and Jog Road).
Purpose
This Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc.(BRCS) (http://brcs.org/) Special Interest Group (SIG) has been formed to discuss various MS Windows freeware/open-source applications and utilities, where to find them, and how to use them.
If there is a specific type of application, utility, or web application you would like to see as a subject for a SIG session, please leave a comment and we will see what can be done.
SIG LEADER
email: president@brcs.org
The moderator of this SIG is Steve Costello, currently president of BRCS, and editor of Boca Bits, the monthly BRCS Newsletter. Steve has been involved with computer user groups for over 20 years, and used freeware and portable applications extensively. He thought the subject might be of interest to BRCS members, and started this SIG.
Steve's definition of freeware is a very loose definition, as you can see here:
"Freeware is any software for which I do not have to pay for use. This includes shareware and donationware that might have additional features that are only available if you pay for them, also included are web applications and browser extensions which only require registration."
Files
Presentations, notes, handouts, etc., if any, from SIG meetings will be posted, and available for download in a folder at: http://box.net/brcs-freewaresig
When possible, links included in the files will be live; though it must be said that they were valid at the time the file was made but may not be valid after that, as the internet changes very fast.
