GravityBlog: Software as a Service and Open Source | Linux Today

GravityBlog: Software as a Service and Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 28, 2006

[ Thanks to Mahdi Abdulrazak for this
link. ]

“One of the most exciting features of true SaaS is that it
delivers software freed from all the complexities attached to
desktop applications. Open Source is all about flexibility, sure, a
nice thing, but it can also scare people away. Maybe you remember
installing your last Linux distribution and getting all your
applications up and running again? Although things are getting
easier these days, Open Source is still quite hairy for the average
user.

“The simplest and most effective way to increase OSS adoption by
the ordinary user across Open Source and proprietary Operating
Systems like Linux, Windows XP and Mac OS X, is by guaranteeing the
ordinary user a productive and non-complex use of the
application…”

Complete
Story

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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