Should We Trust Free Software?
Social network creation site Ning has recently announced they will be abandoning their free model. With so many people (especially educators!) relying on free software such as Ning to carry out their daily professional and personal functions, should we be wary of free web-based software such as this?
While I am not a Ning user myself (I am a Moodler), this scenario makes me lean more than ever in favor of services that you host on your own web server.
*I realize of course that I am writing this on a free blogging platform that could fold up and disappear at any moment. You don’t need to point that out to me.*
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