The Open Source Software development movement is establishing itself as the development method of the future. While technology enthusiast has long been enthralled with the simplicity and quality of software such as the Linux Operating System ('no blue screens of death'), the big players of the industry (i.e. IBM, Dell, etc.) are now offering open source software to their clients.

OS Business Advantages

Price
Open Source Software is free to use. You only pay for modifications and customization.

Security
Open Source Software is under constant scrutiny of the world's most advanced programmers. Once security issues has been discovered, the race is on to see who can fix it first.

Standard Compliance
1000's of individual developers keep each other on track.

Continous Updates
Open Source Projects are a going concern. The software modules that we make available to our clients are constantly being enhanced and updated.

Open Source Basics

The right to make copies of the program, and distribute those copies.
The right to have access to the software's source code, a necessary preliminary before you can change it.
The right to make improvements to the program.

OS Reading

opensource.org
infoworld
ibm introduction

OS Projects

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