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The
Stuart McElrath Company (SMC) is going open
source for application and operating system
software. Can you really trust your data to a
closed source solution over which you have no
control?
SMC
has seen the growing trend of software companies
which lock your companies data to a software
application that has no or very limited export
features. Once
your data is locked into this proprietary
format, you must continually invest in and
endless cycle of costly software and hardware
upgrades over which you have no control.
Are
you in and industry that has specific software
needs or terminology that doesn't exist in
standard applications. Good luck getting major
application vendors to make the changes you
need. You will simply be told that the market is
not large enough for the development costs.
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Per
Wikipedia,
Open source software (OSS) can be defined as
computer software for which the human-readable
source code is made available under a copyright
license (or arrangement such as the public
domain) that meets the Open Source Definition.
This permits users to use, change, and improve
the software, and to redistribute it in modified
or unmodified form. It is very often developed
in a public, collaborative manner. Open source
software is the most prominent example of open
source development and often compared to user
generated content. |
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Have
you ever had software that had a know bug? When
you reported it, where you told that it would be
fixed in the next release, which you of course
will need to buy? Which Open Source Software the
programs code is available to the public. You
can have the changes made that you feel are
important to you company and its business. Data
file formats are well documented and can easy be
converted to new applications as the need
arises.
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Operating Systems |
In their simplest form, operating
systems control the interaction between
the application software and the
computers hardware. Most current open
source operating systems are based on
UNIX and are either BSD or Linux at
their core. |
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Applications |
For most computers, their purpose is to
generate a data. This can we, but not
limited to, documents, music, Computer
Aided Design or project files. So, the
application program is why we have and
use a computer. The data these programs
generate is yours, so why lock it into a
proprietary format? |
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Development |
Open Source has many tools available to
write applications. Most of these tools
are free, saving thousands of dollars
and can be download as needed. These
programming tools are well documented
and provide may examples of code
to help you get started. |
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Interested in Open Source Software? If so, SMC
can come on site and work we you to determine
what your needs are and which operating systems
and applications will fulfill them. |
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