GNOME-SWORD Review

Overall Rating

(1 - 5 penguins)

Name of company or service provider.

http://www.crosswire.org/index.jsp

Name of product(s) or service(s) or categories of Product types or
service types.

GNOME SWORD
http://gnomesword.sourceforge.net/

Description of Product type or service.

GNOME SWORD is a Bible Study program for Windows and Linux that allows you to download all of the free Bible translations (not NIV) and search threw them with a search engine. It also includes commentaries, Dictionaries, and other resources. The main program is split up into 5 sections. On the left is the navigation between Bible's, Commentaries, and other selections. In the top bar (not a section) you can choose which Book, Chapter, and Verse you want to navigate to and it will highlight that verse in green. In the left upper box is where the Bible is displayed, the commentary is to the right of it and below are the dictionary and search result box that gives you a preview of a scripture and shows you where the keywords are. Also the translations come in a variety of languages.

Rate the policy or agreement based on fairness and how much they trust the customer (1-5 penguins) And post a link to the current agreement at that time and date in a saved .pdf file that is on a private page or server so that it can't be altered by the company. Provide a link to their current agreement.

GNU General Public License (GPL)

Product or service quality, value, Bang per buck ratio.

You could spend tons of money buying all of these Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, and other text. Even if you bought them in CD format it would cost you. This is a very good bang per buck ratio.

Similar products or services from other companies.

Well this same company has a site http://www.bible.org/ where you can get the same resource but there are others like biblegateway.com and htmlbible.com but Gnome-Sword is right on your computer.

Shipping rates, handling, and do they offer USPS, UPS, FEDEX or what? Do the items arrive broken? How long does it take for them to ship them out.

You can order it on a CD but you can also download it instantly.

Payment Methods. I.E. PayPal, credit card, google checkout, Direct
deposit, etc.

The don't give you a donation option but if you want to donate send money to:
CrossWire Bible Society;
P. O. Box 2528;
Tempe, AZ 85280-2528 USA

Any personal experiences.

Gnome-Sword has helped me look up scripture when I'm studying with God on Sundays and helped me to debate those who are anti-Christian. The only book I would recommend that does not come with this is called Armed and Dangerous.

Does this company outsource? If so how much is outsourced?

Yes they allow everyone to help them freely but this is a good thing. They translate the Bible into many different translations.

Linux Compatibility

Works perfectly but I've had some trouble on Ubuntu Christian Edition before.