OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES Flashcards
refers to something that people can modify and share because its design is publicly available.
OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY
refers to a broader set of values what we refer to as “the open source way.”
OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY
TOP 5 BENEFITS OF OPEN SOURCE
TECHNOLOGY:
- Freedom and flexibility.
- High quality
- Exponentially lower costs.
- Innovation via communities.
TOP OPEN
SOURCE TECHNOLOGY OF
- Mozilla Firefox
- LibreOffice
- GIMP
- VLC Media Player
- Shotcut
- Brave
- Linux
- Python
- PHP
- GNU Compiler Collection
Not “open source” but its the first experience of shared code.
UNIX
1969
Fosters global collboration among the developers
USENET
1980
Sets the modern bases of open source with the GNU project.
RICHARD STALLMAN
1983
The 4 fundamental freedoms of software are defined.
Free Software Foundation
* Freedom to run the program, for any purpose
* Freedom to study how the program works and change it
* Freedom to redistribute copies to help others.
* Freedom to distribute copies of modified versions
1985
Linus Torvalds announces the creation of a free OS kernel
LINUX
1991
the first fully free version of BSD, starts development and is released in 1992.
BSD
(Berkeley software distribution)
1989
first big commercial success of open source
RED HAT
1993
is released and becomes the most used open source database solution.
MySQL
1995
Software engineers start collaborating to create HTTP Apache
HTTP APACHE
1995
the definition of open source is widely adopted in the IT world.
OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE
1998
the open source web browser appears, changing the history of the Internet
MOZILLA
1998