Open source software (OSS) is a software application with a source code which is free to modify.
Choosing an OSS for your product development gives you following advantages:
- Cost Effective: Does not have any licensing costs
- Reliability: Being used by many community members
- Error Free: The bugs if found are discussed and fixed by community members.
- User Friendly: Designed and Developed by the experienced users in industry
- Secure: As the source code is available, nothing is hidden and still be enhanced.
- Collaboration: Open source software allows to serve better by enhancing creativity through collaboration and community contributions.
- Serving the public: More governments are reviewing their policies about the procurement of Software and reducing the expenditure.
- Fostering innovation: Open source software and technology increases the pace of innovation by collaboration, and the free exchange of ideas.
- No vendor lock in: In Open Source Software, you own the code and get that modified by any group of expert.
- Full customization: As the code is available, so we can customize the software as per our requirements.
- Code Ownership: Customer owns the code and not the Vendor or solution provider.
- Free upgrades and fixes: Open source software is regularly upgraded by community developers and new version is available for the upgrade which has all the fixes.
- Tested and used by large communities: It is always a large community of Developers and experts who shape the Open source software.
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