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Free and open-source software has become a mainstream phenomenon in the twenty-first century and is pervasive today. (From the software used by organizations, open-source is expected to rise to thirty percent by mid-2012.<ref name="Diana_Approaching">Alison Diana. [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterprise_apps/229208752 "Open Source Approaching 30% Of Enterprise Software"], ''InformationWeek'', February 09, 2011. Referenced 2011-10-10.</ref>) | Free and open-source software has become a mainstream phenomenon in the twenty-first century and is pervasive today. (From the software used by organizations, open-source is expected to rise to thirty percent by mid-2012.<ref name="Diana_Approaching">Alison Diana. [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterprise_apps/229208752 "Open Source Approaching 30% Of Enterprise Software"], ''InformationWeek'', February 09, 2011. Referenced 2011-10-10.</ref> In 2011, about thirty percent of the total software expenditures in the United States were for the development of prepackaged software; thirty-five percent were for custom-developed software; and thirty-five percent for the development of software for internal uses.<ref name="BEA_Software">U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. [http://www.bea.gov/national/xls/soft-invest.xls "Data Tables: Software Investment and Prices by Type"] (xls), ''U.S. Department of Commerce'', (last updated Aug. 3, 2012). Referenced 2012-08-12.</ref>) | ||
The [[Linux]] operating system is one of the most widely known examples of collaboratively developed open-source software. However, it is only one of many thousands of such projects. Many mainstream companies, such as IBM, are contributing substantial resources in support of Linux and other open-source projects. | The [[Linux]] operating system is one of the most widely known examples of collaboratively developed open-source software. However, it is only one of many thousands of such projects. Many mainstream companies, such as IBM, are contributing substantial resources in support of Linux and other open-source projects. | ||
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* [http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae14_4_2.pdf Open | * [http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae14_4_2.pdf Open Institutional Structure] (pdf) by Feng Deng, 2011 | ||
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Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software.[citation needed]
Spreading of Open-source software
Free and open-source software has become a mainstream phenomenon in the twenty-first century and is pervasive today. (From the software used by organizations, open-source is expected to rise to thirty percent by mid-2012.[1] In 2011, about thirty percent of the total software expenditures in the United States were for the development of prepackaged software; thirty-five percent were for custom-developed software; and thirty-five percent for the development of software for internal uses.[2])
The Linux operating system is one of the most widely known examples of collaboratively developed open-source software. However, it is only one of many thousands of such projects. Many mainstream companies, such as IBM, are contributing substantial resources in support of Linux and other open-source projects.
Software companies that provide open-source software to their customers generally recoup their investments through the sale of services (e.g., to install, maintain, or customize the software) or complementary assets (e.g., proprietary add-on programs that perform specialized functions).[3]
References
- ↑ Alison Diana. "Open Source Approaching 30% Of Enterprise Software", InformationWeek, February 09, 2011. Referenced 2011-10-10.
- ↑ U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. "Data Tables: Software Investment and Prices by Type" (xls), U.S. Department of Commerce, (last updated Aug. 3, 2012). Referenced 2012-08-12.
- ↑ Pamela Samuelson. "The Uneasy Case for Software Copyrights Revisited" (pdf), The George Washington Law Review, September 2011. Referenced 2011-10-10.
Links
- Open Institutional Structure (pdf) by Feng Deng, 2011
- Open-source software at Wikipedia