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Why Open Source Software?

April 26, 2017open source Software

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Why Open Source Software?

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Besides price (probably the main reason churches may want to use open source software), there are other reasons. Here is a large paper, with tons of good information in it, giving some of the reasons to use open source software. (The author identifies himself as Christian, by the way.) The paper covers these topics: market share, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and total cost of ownership. Paper on Open Source and business How to evaluate Open Source Software Another good introduction to OSS Introduction to Open Source Software, from a library point of view (2001) Paper on open source and the Department of Defense, with good overview of historical developments and reasons why this concept would be good for the DoD. Many of the arguments fit just as well with the Church!