By: Kassandra Rouse

OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGYAND YOU

A LITTLE ABOUT ME • Student at Sanford-Brown University

• Studying Web Design and Development

• Full time stay at home mother

• Hard worker

MOST USEDOPERATING SYSTEMS

• ITRON• Japanese real-time kernel• Mobile phones, cameras, CD players, etc.• 1st in a series of open-source specifications for TRON

• Windows• Differs from open source – ability to make changes to code• Offers more user freedom than some other choices• Most widely used according to Net Market Share

Microsoft

• Catching up to Apache rapidly

• Not open source Server

• Recent programs are open source compatible

MOST COMMON WEB SERVERSApache

• Been top 17+ years

• Open Source

Nginx• Increasing in

popularity• Open source

OPEN SOURCE TOOLS• Program for a specific task

• Source code is openly published Enables modification from original design

• Typically free of charge for modifications enabled

• Collaborative effort between programmers Others can improve upon code and share changes

• No charge due to Open Source Initiative license

Benefits

1) Can improve code

2) Free of charge to change

3) Works with multiple servers

4) Can modify code is server is changed

Conflicts

1) Few servers can’t use

2) Not as secure as closed codes

3) Not all programmers are familiar with it

OPEN SOURCE AND YOU

IS OPEN SOURCE RIGHT FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION• Easily flexible for different servers

• Works with different operating systems

• Free to use and inexpensive to upkeep

• Allows diversity and modification when desired

• Allows for growth and change

• In conclusion, great for any organization

QUESTIONS AND REFERENCES• www.linuxinsider.com/story/31855.html

• smallbusiness.chron.com/five-common-operating-systems-28217.html

• http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2014/02/03/february-2014-web-server-survey.html

• https://www.apache.org/

• http://www.microsoft.com/web/

• http://wiki.nginx.org/Main

• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/open_source_tools.htm