NBTA member information

Nethy Bridge Tourist Association
c/o Post Office & Stores
Nethy Bridge
PH25 3DA

Member only areas

Members' access to What's on and vacancy updates

Update What's on page

Add accommodation and edit availability

Update last minute vacancies (via the property bookings page)

Members' access to file uploads

All website uploads

General information for members

Open source software (free software)

Open Source is a 'community' endeavour by dedicated programmers around the world, which results in high quality software for all. Users are encouraged to offer feedback and to report errors, which are generally very quickly implemented.

Some of the most popular free, high-quality Open Source software:

Firefox Browser (similar to but more flexible and faster than Internet Explorer - hundreds of add-ons)
Thunderbird email program (similar to but more flexible than Outlook Express - various add-ons including calendar)
Open Office (similar to Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access - but also makes PDF files)
Foxit PDF reader (similar to Adobe but faster)
GIMP (similar to Adobe Photoshop)
plus thousands more at www.sourceforge.net

"The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing."
www.opensource.org