期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science & Technology
印刷版ISSN：2229-4333
电子版ISSN：0976-8491
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：66-71
语种：English
出版社：Ayushmaan Technologies
摘要：Much More than buzzword open source software is becoming an increasingly important part of the information technology environment. The Adaptation of Open Source Software is widely increasing; some countries have been mandating the use of FOSS/ FLOSS in all government sectors, while other countries are in pipeline for adopting the FOSS strategies. Many program manager, project managers and developers are already familiar with open source, other may wonder how best to use open source in a project environment. This Research Paper describe about open source software, how it is a challenge for the Proprietary software. What are the different alternatives present for Proprietary software? This research paper analyses the factors related to Security of open source software and its advantages over Proprietary Software and how the Implementation of FOSS can reduce the Software ownership cost and maintenance cost.
关键词：Free and Open Source Software;Alternatives of Proprietary software;FLOSS;Software Redistribution
