A Fan of Portable Apps? Now You Can Carry Skype and Google Chrome in Your Pocket
A Fan of Portable Apps? Now You Can Carry Skype and Google Chrome in Your Pocket
Posted 10/22/2009 at 4:53pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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You know how it goes. There are times when you just need access to one of your favorite apps, but you haven’t got the time or ability to install them on whatever computer you happen to be sitting at. The Portable Apps suite has saved the day on those instances for many. Just today, Portable Apps has announced two welcome additions. You can now get portable versions of Skype and Google Chrome.
This is notable because these apps aren’t technically open-source, as previous additions to Portable Apps have been. The decision to include freeware software may not seem like a big deal, and to most it isn’t, but some open-source supporters may take issue. The new freeware apps aren’t included by default in the package, though. Like it or not, it’s nice to have choices.
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1337Goose
October 22, 2009 at 5:03pm
I don't like to distinguish (or discriminate) one way or another when it comes to Open source vs. freeware.
In theory, Open source projects should flourish because they have the talent of their entire open source community behind them. If a freeware application can do a better job for the same price, then why distinguish?
~Goose
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