updated 2018-19 final (1)

TECH PULSE 2018-2019
Presented this paper at
JNTUK, Kakinada
Zeitgeist 2018
Open Source Technology
Open source technology means that its source code
is freely available for the public to view, edit and
redistribute. Any type of software program can be open
source including operating systems (e.g. Linux), databases
(e.g. MySQL), application (e.g. Open Office), games and
even programming languages (e.g. Python).
Open source software is identified by the type of
license it is released under. These licenses include the
Apache 2.0 license, the Microsoft Public License, and the
GNU General Public License. While there are some
variations, most open source licenses require that the source
code be freely available and users are free to modify the
source code and redistribute the software and derived
works.
V. Umadevi
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Non-open source software is called closed source a
software which is hidden to prevent the user either viewing
or changing the code (e.g. Microsoft Office). Some of the
advantages of open source technology:
• Availability of source code
• Does not depend on vendor
• Quality and customizability is better
• Costs much
less than the proprietary
counterparts. Myths about open
source:
• Open source software isn‘t reliable or
supported
• Big companies don‘t use open source
software
• There is no money to be made on free
software.
P.V.V.L.Prasanna
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