Free Software for Busy People [Paperback]

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2005

Using Free Software alternatives to Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop can save you thousands of dollars. And commercial alternatives to Free Software content management systems and websites design tools can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Free Software is also high quality. The web browser Firefox and the email software Thunderbird introduced security and powerful features before their commercial competitors did. Quality is why the Apache web server powers over 50% of the world's websites. This book will show you how to use these tools in your company, charity, school or hospital.

Editorial Reviews

Review

If you can't convince your friends and colleagues to [...] switch, this is the book to give them. -- Edward Griffith-Jones, Free Software Magazine, September 26, 2005

Our rating: **** [4 out of 5]. -- Max Fernandez, Personal Computer World, July 22nd, 2005

The author does the best job I've yet seen of explaining why ordinary people will benefit from open source. -- Eric Raymond, author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"

About the Author

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli is a doctor and programmer who uses IT to improve healthcare. In 2000 he graduated as a doctor from the University of Cambridge. His research project, ImmunoSim, won the Fulton Roberts Immunology Prize. Since then, he has continued to combine his medical and computing knowledge. This included developing the software for Project Palm at Cambridge University, which allowed medical students to share their learning using handhelds. He co-founded Medical Futures Ltd, which launched the Medical Futures Innovation Awards in 2001. The awards have raised awareness amongst doctors of the process of using their ideas and inventions to improve healthcare. The event also raises money for UK hospitals. During his first year of clinical practice, he was able to lecture and consult on the use of handhelds in medicine. He wrote the book “Handheld Computers for Doctors” in 2003. He is now a Visiting Research Fellow at the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information†) – in Bethesda, MD, USA. †The views expressed in this book do not necessarily represent the views of the NCBI or the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 199 pages
• Publisher: Idiopathic Publishing (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0954415736
• ISBN-13: 978-0954415730
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,196,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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