I am sure with some forward planning, the programers and designers would have these bases covered.
It's just a search after reading what's on offer from link to link and a link had me arrive here to this forum.
There are other forums with more information describing similar ideas and projects but none yet on horse racing as far as I know.
So why if these other projects work on the basis of open source code and have expanded on a global scale and not with horse racing projects of open source code ?

Would the people interested be aware of the free download rather than pay for a program dressed up with similar functions as you describe ?

Would it be "better" if one programmer keeps updating the program rather than a team adding ideas,updates and upgrades from the users of the program ?
I think the programmer would go insane trying to market each copied idea on their own. By the time a sale is made to cover costs, then another update may come from the original by the team doing the project.

This is not a personal dig, I can see you are trying to explain in broader terms as an advocate, thats fine.

Apathy Marcus ?

The Firefox ( free open source web browser) according to statistics, is installed on 20 % of PC desktops around the world and increasing.
I have not seen anyone claim they have a similar web browser copied from the same source code as Firefox and sold.

http://www.firefox.com/

I thought this information might interest most users if they are having problems with web browsers.

http://www.funnyfox.org/theoffice.htm

If anyone has problems with the Web browser being taken offer by an unwanted intruder , simply install SpyBot S & D ,it works a treat so as long as you dont run any other automatic checking divices except for the Microsoft x2 services pack.

It will warn you if another device wants to be part of your start up proceedure e.g. foreign web browser, & you then have the option to allow or deny it`s implimentation , on top of that , it`s free.


Browser hijacking is now the number one curse of computers , it far outways viruses at the moment.. use SpyBot S&D (search & destroy) & you should be free from problems ,for the moment that is.

AVG anti-virus seems to be the preferered system to use over Norton according to the chaps who specialize in virus removal, they say the Nortons has a number of conflicts with other programs especially horse programs such as GTX & Price Predictor .

Nortons will often make the system crash while running a program through thousands of races, no matter how large the computer is.
I Know this from personel experience.

So , if you find that you setup crashes more than it should running Nortons , swap over to AVG & its Free.

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[QUOTE=bluetown]I thought this information might interest most users if they are having problems with web browsers.

That looks like me when my bet doesn't run a hole.

No, not all bases are covered for broadband because they can still get past the modem. So you need to external firewall at the modem end.

Some modems have their own firewalls and routers.
Highly reccomended to have a firewalled Modem.

Without a firewalled modem, it's like your front and back yard has no high fence but your front door is still guarded with software firewall, and this taxes the PC.
If a hacker wants to, they can still get in through the "front door" with an "axe".
So if you have a firewalled modem,chances are they won't bother with the "front or back door".
It's a little known fact,but some advertising companies employ hackers to keep updating their spyware.

Would I be right in thinking you are referring to broadband via telephone line and modem.

What about me? I get broadband from my TV cable company and it comes through the set top box supplied by them, the same box that supplies all the TV channels. The phone also supplied by them comes through a completely seperate feed.

By the way don't you Aussies ever sleep. It is the middle of the day here in the UK so it must be the middle of the night there.

Kenchar,
it's a reply actauly to Marcus,( due respect,ofcourse) thought he might want to try and dispute open source projects as discussed earlier in the post.
The source code is freely available for him to do as he likes and change it's name, then sell a browser and become famous.
Who would then purchase his browser when it's free anyway ?

No offence Marcus, but why do so many thwart the idea of a similar project, but a racing program instead ?
I know it's been discussed here before. Somewhere I read it but the thread seems to have dissapeared.