MGCR 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Software As A Service, Scalability, Time-Sharing
16 Apr 2013
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Chapter 10: software in flux: partly cloudy and sometimes free. Open source software: software that is free and where anyone can look at and potentially modify the code. Cloud computing: replacing computing services with services provided over the internet. Software as a services (saas): a form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to a third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online. Virtualization: a type of software that allows a single computer to function as if it were several different computers, each running its own operating system and software. Linux: an open source software operating system. Oss is free irt downloads, but also free as in anyone can look at the source cofe, change it, and redistribute it. Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent. Open source is a 60 billion dollar industry, but has a disproportionate impact on the trillion-dollar it market.
