OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Jeannie McGuinnCIS 101

WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Open source refers to a program or software in which the source code (the form of the program when a programmer writes a program in a particular programming language) is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge

Open Source Software is downloadable from many different sites. Sites that offer the product usually has a free

downloadable place. Open Source Software can also be found for free most of the time.

WHERE CAN YOU GET OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE?

FREE OF CHARGE???

Many sites do offer free of charge downloadable software.

Large groups of programmers, usually not concerned with profit or ownership will produce a more useful and bug free product for everyone to use.

TOP 5 REASONS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.

1. SECURITY A new software,

recently discovered by Coverity Products, is closed to public view. No one outside the company that owns the software has the faintest clue how many bugs it contains.

2. QUALITY Thousands of

programmers create Open Source Software, so as them as the public using it, they can get it closest to what the public wants the software to be. This is the primary reason entrepreneurs choses Open Source Software.

3. CUSTOMIZABILITY Business owners can

tweak Open Source Software to suit their needs.

4. FREEDOM Businessmen free

themselves from severe vender lock in-Customers of the venders are at the mercy of vendors vision. The venders can limit with what they do with the products they’re paying for.

5. FLEXIBILITY

You can upgrade when want, not when the company wants you too.

TOP 5 REASONS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS BAD FOR BUSINESSES

1. No single source to support all aspects of an application.

2. One must understand business logic to adjust configuration or make code adjustments

3. User assumes more “ownership”.

4. Difficult to engage support of venders with practical experience in supporting the application.

5. Difficult for smaller organizations to affect the resources individually

TYPES OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Mozilla Firefox Thunderstorm

Apache Google Chrome *is also an office

productivity package.* Ubuntu

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