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Open Source Software vs. Commercial Software – will community driven software really overtake money-driven software?

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My techie friends take pride in displaying the latest addition to their list of programs that run on their Linux installation.  ‘Open source is the way of the future’ they tell me, ‘Microsoft’s days of monopoly are numbered’. I smile. No I am not employed by the big M at Redmond, nor do I foresee … Read more

Open Source Methodology as it Relates to Software

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Open source is a theory or method in business that makes a company’s sources and materials known and accessible in addition to its end product. This has become a prominent concept since the dawn of the internet and its information highway. The history of open source, although it was not known by this moniker, dates … Read more