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Label Grid launched – is is possible to have browser based label printing software – and open source too!

Posted by on Jun 29, 2010 in coding, Labels, Open Source | 1 comment I was interested to hear of the launch  of Labelgrid recently.  This is a new open source project (GPL licence) to design a web based label printing software stack to design and print labels in a browser rather than the typical client based software.  There  will be a number of challenges in this as the authors point out on their webpage, but I thin its a really interesting idea if they get...
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Ubuntu In Business – London – 13 July

Posted by on Jun 13, 2010 in Open Source | 0 comments Mercian Labels are passionate users of Ubuntu Linux throughout our business, and since our migration to open source software we’ve found it to be much more stable and reliable that Windows, which we now only use on machines where there is isnt really a choice eg graphic design, sage accounts etc. We hope to attend the Ubuntu in Business Event on 13 July in London to meet up with other...
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Open Source not just limited with software and the computer market!

Posted by on Jul 23, 2008 in Open Source | 0 comments It seems that although “Open Source” isn’t exactly a new term or idea, the area in which it is used is beginning to spread. Not only do we have abundances of newly created open source software, but it seems even musical bands are beginning to take open source to a newer level; or at least pushing the idea further. The latest band to take advantage of open source is Radiohead,...
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