Open-source software
refers to a program or application with the source code that is accessible by
any user.
Using open-source
software, in addition to being extremely cost-effective, provides some
significant advantages over paid alternatives.
With traditional paid
software companies, the strategy has been referred to as “security through
obscurity,” meaning that since with paid software the code is not openly
available they believe it to be secure.
So, as an alternative
open source software has received more popularity and is used by every
organization from startup to enterprise .
We have listed the most
common advantages of open source software in the below mentioned infographics.
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