Open-source software is computer software with its source
code made available with a license in which the copyright holder
provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to
anyone and for any purpose. Open-source
software is often developed in a public, collaborative manner.
Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source
development and often compared to (technically defined) user-generated
contentor (legally defined) open-content movements.A report by the Standish Group (from 2008) states that adoption of open-source software models has resulted in savings of about $60 billion per year to consumers.
Some top Open-source software:
Whatever you imagine in your mind, you will find it free of cost on web.Android:
Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than
190 countries around the world. It’s the largest installed base of any
mobile platform and growing fast—every day another million users power
up their Android devices for the first time and start looking for apps,
games, and other digital content.
Android gives you a world-class platform for creating apps and games
for Android users everywhere, as well as an open marketplace for
distributing to them instantly.
Ubuntu:
Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment. It is based on free software and named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu (literally, “human-ness”), which often is translated as “humanity towards others” or “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”.
WordPress:
WordPress is a free and open-source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
Magento:
Magento is an open-source content management system for e-commerce web sites.Anyone can modify the core system. Developers can implement the core files and extend its functionality by adding new plug-in modules provided by other developers. Since the first public beta version was released in 2007, Community Edition has been developed and customized in order to provide a basic eCommerce platform. The latest version is 1.9.1.0 which was released on Nov 24, 2014.
Open Source means you can use the software according to your needs and you can resell it by making it more effective.
Ubuntu:
Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment. It is based on free software and named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu (literally, “human-ness”), which often is translated as “humanity towards others” or “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”.
WordPress:
WordPress is a free and open-source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
Magento:
Magento is an open-source content management system for e-commerce web sites.Anyone can modify the core system. Developers can implement the core files and extend its functionality by adding new plug-in modules provided by other developers. Since the first public beta version was released in 2007, Community Edition has been developed and customized in order to provide a basic eCommerce platform. The latest version is 1.9.1.0 which was released on Nov 24, 2014.
Open Source means you can use the software according to your needs and you can resell it by making it more effective.
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