Open Source Software (OSS) refers to the software application whose source code is available in public for the developers to monitor, alter or implement according to their wish. There are two factors of OSS i.e. the available code and the crowd-sourced development that takes OSS to next level.
2. INTRODUCTION
• Open Source Software (OSS) refers to the software application whose source code is
available in public for the developers to monitor, alter or implement according to their
wish. There are two factors of OSS i.e. the available code and the crowd-sourced
development that takes OSS to next level
3. TOP 7 BENEFITS OF OSS SYSTEM
1. HIGH PRODUCT GROWTH
• Being an Open source license, it is accessible for constant monitoring, analyzing and using
among the large of developers. One of the primary benefits of OSS is that there are
thousands of independent developers working on the project worldwide. They closely watch,
monitor, analyze the possibilities, and thereby work on it with a mission of constant
improvement and expanding the potentialities. The result is high security and accountability
of OSS. The collective power of developer community enables with quicker development and
troubleshooting. This property makes it highly reliable and forefront in security aspects
4. 2. COST EFFECTIVE
• No licensing fees remains a decisive advantage of OSS while looking at the total deployment cost. Unlike the
proprietary software like SAP or Microsoft Dynamics which charges a huge sum of money as their license
fees, here OSS provides it free. One can use this budget amount in latter customizations making it best and
perfecting suiting software tool for the business
5. 3. NO VENDOR LOCK-IN
• Proprietary software often comes with the risk of getting locked in either by the vendor or technology. Often
in this situation, enterprises get troubled with vendors' price increase and also experience the lack of
flexibility which they can’t readily escape. OSS has no vendor lock-in providing ultimate freedom to work in
the application without the fear of getting outdated
6. 4. SUPREME QUALITY
• Like the developers timely fix the bugs and defects, they also constantly bring in improvement via
contributing additional features to OSS. There can be hundreds or thousands of developers in an open
source project, adding new features or enhancing the existing software applications. They constantly
improve the overall quality of the software, unlike the proprietary software that comes with a fixed
number of features in hand and limited possibility of future customizations for enhancing
7. 5. HIGHLY SECURE
• It is very well known that no software is completely free from bugs or defects. But what makes OSS
different from other software is that, the nature of open source software development that helps in easy
catching and early bug fixing. An Open Source Development member can release a new version after
finding and fixing the bug, which is soon made available to the public. Users are left with the option of
upgrading them at immediate or waiting until the official upgrade. There is no such speed in the
commercial software world
8. 6. EASY INTEGRATION
• Just like the customizations, integrations with other software is already made available. However
an easy integration is the characteristic of OSS that makes it stand out from others. Being an open
source, developers are more likely to implement the open standards (the widely used dat
formats) comparing to companies that selling proprietary software. OSS combines the power of it
large community of developers around the world, who work on different use cases and thereb
provides valuable feedback, especially among the reusable modules. Whereas in case of othe
proprietary software, the integration is tough and limited
9. 7. INCREASED CUSTOMIZATION
• Another prime advantage is that source code is available, OSS remains highly flexible to customizations.
thousands of potential and highly skilled developers have access to the code, they constantly bring in ne
customizations and additions to the existing features making it perfect to the business verticals
10. Refer this link for more:
https://www.cybrosys.com/blog/top-7-benefits-of-open-source-software-oss-system
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