What Is Open Source

Usually, open-source is known as computer software/programs which is available for the general public and its source code is also open and available for modification and uses. It is the effort and contribution of developers which continuously working on open-source codes and share their collaborative effort in the open-source community. Any use of open source products is to customize the code to fulfill their needs.

Nowadays the trend of open source program installation is increasing in many organizations. This is not only the reason its free and open sources, but also many other appealing characteristics of open source program which encourage to most of the businesses and organization for adoption. Lets we see some of these appealing factors.

Flexibility
Flexibility is a very common issue in a commercial product or which is not open source like Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows when they upgrade their version you need to upgrade associated hardware and software without end or limit. Open source on the other hand is very flexible you can run the upgraded system with old hardware.

Quality
Poor quality leads to an increase the business risk. It can damage a company's brand name, lost customers, lost productivity, lost revenue, and lower profit. Conversely, a good quality enhances the brand name, increases customer, increases productivity, increases revenue, and increases the company profits. Open source products are qualitative because thousand of developers work on this product chance of bugs is very low and the product is innovative and feature enrich.

Cost-Effective
Cost is a very important factor for any business, cost if increased profitability ratio fo business becomes low. Open source is a very cost-effective solution as compared to a proprietary solution. Organizations that are small scale and low IT budget open source is the best choice for these types of organizations.

Customization And Freedom
The biggest benefit of using the open-source program is all things in your hand you can modify it, extend it, integrate it with other programs means as you wish you can do it because source code is in your hand. By using the open-source product you can enjoy freedom, you can alter the solution without any hesitation because you are not bound to any vendor. If you feel specific open source product is not more beneficial for you can alter them.

Support
Every open-source program has a community that is very fast and active. If you face any problem with open source products you can take help from their community through forum posting, documentation, wikis, mailing list like FreeSWitch Linux ICTInnovations, etc. This is a cost-effective method of support.