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The catalogue of open source products is growing in breadth and sophistication. But can it really form the basis for a comprehensive – and free – enterprise software stack?
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Open source software has evolved to become the single greatest threat to Microsoft and, increasingly, to other sections of the business software industry. The reason: the model has now reached a stage where organisations are proposing to use the free software to build most, if not all, of the core elements of the enterprise software stack - from the operating system, through database technology and application and web servers, to content management systems and (soon) business intelligence software (see box).
The Ministry of Defence's Defence Academy made a "double win" of 30% cheaper consultancy rates for developers and quicker development by using Zope and open source email server and authentication software. The Academy felt open source software was "inherently more secure" and said the nature of the community made it easier to find good developers. Full Story |
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