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What's keeping you from using open source software?

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Tuesday 10th of December 2013 08:53:32 PM Filed under

Open source software (OSS), unlike proprietary software, is software that keeps the code open so IT professionals can alter, improve, and distribute it. Although it has been around since relatively early in the history of computers, in the past several years OSS has truly taken off, in what some might see as a surprising example of a successful communal collaboration.

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