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[News] Podcasting Shows Huge Savings with Free Software and Linux

  • Subject: [News] Podcasting Shows Huge Savings with Free Software and Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:11:40 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Free software is cheaper: case study while creating a podcast

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| Cost of “The Beer Crate” with proprietary software
| 
| Can you hear me spluttering yet?
| 
| That’s between $217 and $1,832 to create a 15 minute weekly podcast! 
| Furthermore, on a couple of occasions, I’ve needed to check-up on the podcast 
| to make sure I didn’t say something I thought I did. In these cases I’ve 
| often been at work. So, I take a ten minute break and download the file. I 
| then edit it with Audacity, review the script, and re-encode it before 
| uploading it back to the server. Had I not used free software, I’d need 
| another license for the sample editor on my work machine. I just thought I’d 
| mention it…       
| 
| That’s between $217 and $1,832 to create a 15 minute weekly podcast! 
| 
| Conclusion
| 
| So with this level of cost, is it any wonder Microsoft feel compelled to 
| bundle so much software for free with their operating system? 
| 
| And is it any wonder I use free software rather than proprietary 
| applications? 
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_software_is_cheaper


Related:

Linux appliance brings podcasting to the people

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| Box Populi, formerly "Webcast in a box," has used Linux to create a
| podcast capture appliance that aims to make podcasting as dead-simple
| as possible, in order to give everyone a "voice in public discourse, not
| just those who own TV towers."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5456840448.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4961676142.html


The Linux Foundation Launches New Podcast Series With Linus Torvalds

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| The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to 
| accelerating the growth of Linux, today launched Open Voices, a podcast 
| series featuring interviews with the industry's top Linux and open source 
| leaders.   
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/technology/article/linux-foundation-launches-new-podcast-series-linus-torvalds_427549_12.html
http://tinyurl.com/2shzmc

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