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04 Feb by: Myles Wakeham

Episode 229 - Always choose Open Source

This is a little tale about the dangers of proprietary technology and, when I broke my own rules, it came back to bite me big time. Let this be a warning to you all – your first option should always be to find an open source version of anything you need.

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