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Ubuntu 9.04

Well everyone is talking about so I’ll pile on.  Here at Crowd Rent we love open source software.  We love that it’s free and allows us to save money while not sacrificing quality.  We also love that it’s free in that it allows us to have complete control.  Not that we’re that smart but like [...]

Ruby on Rails 2.2.2

Now we’re going to get all geeky on you.  So we use Linux, MySQL, and Ruby on Rails to power Crowd Rent.  One reason we took this route was cost, these are free software packages.  They’re free in two ways, as Slashdot would say speech and beer.  They’re free in that the don’t cost a [...]

Why use open source software?

Here at Crowd Rent we try to use Open Source software for a couple reasons.  First, it’s free and if you’ve ever started a business you know just how valuable cash is.  But there is a second, and in my opinion, equally compelling reason we use it; it’s easier.  I once heard a quote which [...]

How do we power local rentals?

We say Crowd Rent powers local rentals.  And that may be true but what powers Crowd Rent?  Free software!  There is not a single piece of software that cost us money.  We use the NetBeans 6.5 IDE to develop the code, we use MySQL as the database for all of this, Ruby on Rails to [...]

  • Crowd Rent: Powering Local Rentals

    This is the Crowd Rent blog. Crowd Rent allows people to list things you have for rent to people in your area. It is peer-2-peer rentals if you will or we like to say local rentals. Our goal is to reduce consumption by renting things and saving/making money all around. If we aggregate the stuff we have we'd never need to buy more again.

    On the blog you'll find a variety topics from software development to commentaries on the technology. We are fans of technology and software development so we tend to write about these things.

    Try out Crowd Rent today and start reducing your consumption and make money doing it.

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