Open Source Advantage
Technologies across the world are choosing open source technologies to efficiently increase business growth,
optimize system performance and reduce costs.
Open source gives IT executives the opportunity to innovate and add value to their business without the problems faced with the traditional software products.
Few of the advantageous paramenters:
- Take control of your software:
Open source software gives you the power to control your software's code.
You have the right to modify the code to suit your requirements and control the budgets that you want to spend towards it.
Unlike proprietary software, where the vendor controls your code, upgrades and budgets -- with open source software, you control the upgrade process and can choose to decide which bugs to fix and when.
Escape Vendor Lock-inEscape Vendor Lock-in
- Escape Vendor Lock-in:
Disappointment and dissatisfaction with a vendor's support and service is a reality for all IT managers. Inability to customize software to meet your requirements or support your needs, further increases the frustration. Open source gives you the freedom to choose your preferred vendor giving you the flexibility.
- Low cost of ownership:
There are no license fees for an open source software, reducing annual license fees cost to zero. There is zero cost of scale, because open source doesn't require additional licenses as the installation grows.The only spends are towards the support for your software that ensure reliability and reduces running cost by at least 80%.
- Security [ Greater Security & Quality ]:
Open source software is available publicly. A large amount of developers globally contribute and analyze the code making it more secure and constantly increasing the quality. The peer review process drive excellence in design.
- Continuity:
It is possible that a proprietary software company shuts shop or decides to discontinue services for a software. With it goes the support and the future of the software. Open source software is not dependent on a single entity and gives users the advantage of the community. Any developer can choose to take up the software and continue from where it stopped.
