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Advantages of Open Source: Revisited

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 9, 2007

“I feel that is important for me to further analyze the benefits
of open source software. In a previous post, I highlighted the
cost-savings of open source and did not mention any of the other
advantages that it provides. This post should provide a more
balanced view of open source and the intrinsic benefits that free
software provides.

“This is the benefit that I focused on in my previous post. Cost
is the most obvious benefit when people compare it to proprietary
software. How does open source achieve this low cost…?”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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