Open Source is the future of software. Software and the instructions behind it are given freely to all, to be used, given away, modified and improved. This massive repository of open software allows for many different programming and development teams to work together and create an environment where software evolves at an astounding rate. Improvements are made much faster than can be achieved by more limited proprietary software companies.
Open source is not only free,
but it can help to freefree your business and reduce costs.
Best of all open source software, being continually reviewed and improved. Some applications are legendary for their reliability and power and far surpass their proprietary competitors. Most proprietary products have open source counterparts which may run on both windows and Linux.
What does IBM think of Linux?
IBM invested more than
One Billion Dollars in Linux and
open source software.
They recouped most of their investment
within the first two years.
Imagine office software and graphic design software that doesn't cost $300. Easy to use web based applications which can organize your company and increase efficiency. Telephone software which can convert your network into a small call center, and file servers which run fast and flawless. Educational and scientific software, advanced networking tools, business applications can all be easily installed with just a few mouse clicks.
This is the world of open source, it was the future, now it has become the present.
Open source is not new.
The licensing and concept go back to the late 80's and the roots of technology span all the way back to the original development of the internet and a DARPA project to link together universities, the military and corporations. Today much of the structure and even philosophy of the internet is based on a long history of open source. When you use the internet, you use open source. Your information travels through Unix routers, the web sites you visit reside on Linux servers, and the very protocols and standards with which all computers communicate are defined and evolve through open source.
Without open source there would be no internet.
Open source and proprietary software
can co-exist and compliment each other.
Each can be seamlessly integreted into your network, doing what each does best and creating a sum, much larger than it's components. You can experience the technology of both worlds and you can pick and choose. Unlike proprietary software which is supported by a small support staff of often underpaid and unqualified techs, open source software is supported by the very large open source community itself. From the trivial to the extremely complex, the answers are out there and shared.
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