期刊名称：International Journal of Computing and Business Research
电子版ISSN：2229-6166
出版年度：2012
出版社：International Journal of Computing and Business Research
摘要：Open source software is becoming the most interesting ‘new’ phenomenon of the entire information technology landscape, generating a level of interest similar to that of the first moment of the Internet. The impact of open source technology is expected to be quite noticeable in the software industry, and in society as a whole. It also enables completely new models, which are shaping a network of groups and companies based on open source software development. And it has, in general, a very positive impact as an enabler for the creation of new markets and business opportunities. Despite these facts, many people think that the open source movement is merely another temporary fashion in the software industry. In this paper we study about open source software, applications of it and its future
