{"id":243,"date":"2013-02-19T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T23:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/wordpress\/?p=243"},"modified":"2019-08-21T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T01:33:21","slug":"the-best-things-in-life-are-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/the-best-things-in-life-are-free\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Things In Life Are Free &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As far as I.T. goes, with OpenSource, this is very true.    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