Since the dawn of the Internet era, open-source software has contributed significantly to shaping the development and innovation of technologies. Therefore, though issues need to be addressed, open-source software continues to gain ground as an attractive alternative to commercialize software for small...
The digital software products emanating from such projects are commercially attractive and widely used in business and government (by IBM, NASA and the German government, to name just a few). Because such products are deemed a "public good"--meaning that o...
Noting that the products emanating from open-source projects are often commercially attractive and widely used in business and government (for example, at IBM, NASA, Sun Microsystems, the German government), the author concludes by discussing the implications for future business activities. 展开 ...
The use of open source software has grown in recent years in the world of business process automation. It offers distinct advantages in terms of flexibility, transparency, and customization, making it an attractive solution for many organizations. In this article, we'll explore how companies are ...
The aim of these proposals is to help make the usability body of knowledge an active and permanent source of insight in development, while keeping open source projects accessible and attractive to volunteer developers. I suggest ways to engage the community in usability work and propose increasing ...
Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is the product of volunteers collaborating to build software in an open, public manner. The large number of FLOSS projects, combined with the data that is inherently archived with this online process, make studying this phenomenon attractive. Some FLOSS ...
has the choice to hire someone to create specific improvements to the software. By no means isopen-source softwarea failure. It is prevalent and owns the largest portion of the internet. Simply said, it deals more with the internal workings of computers than the attractive public interfaces. B...
One reason for this shift is that, asBroadridgeCTO Roger Burkhardt put it, between inflation and recession, "financial companies need to save money and open-source developmenthelps them do that. … Open source becomes irresistibly attractive to developers and IT decision-makers who are being asked...
On top of that, open source is a very attractive field to me personally because it’s about driving technology forward based on open collaboration. Q: As open source development entails great cost and commitment, some are not entirely convinced as to why we need to release ...
The Free Software Foundation released the most recent version, Version 3.0, in 2007 along with the latest version of the GNU GPL (also v3). Keep reading for an overview of the LGPL License, its requirements and permissions, and current usage in the open source software development community....