Better living through free technology
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| Missoula attorney Monte Jewell used to spend money--a lot of money--on
| licensed software fees for his law office. Then, while working at
| Montana Legal Services, Jewell got to thinking about the culture of
| open-source software, realizing that "software can be free and it can
| help people."
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| Beginning with no programming knowledge, Jewell began converting his
| Higgins Avenue office into a completely open-source software zone five
| years ago. Open-source applications, unlike proprietary programs like
| Microsoft Office, are free and, Jewell says, "very, very cooperative.
| The only cost is you've got to learn it." To his knowledge, he is one
| of very few private offices in Montana--even in the country--to operate
| on Open Office. He's aiming for the "holy grail" of open-source
| office computing: integrating a phone and copy system into the
| freeware network.
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