MIS 301 Chapter 12-2: 12.2 Open Source Software (“OSS”)

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 301
• Professor: Rock Joshua

Document Summary

Linus torvalds created the first version of linux during a 6-month coding session. Instead of selling his os, he gave it away: credited as being the most significant product in the oss arsenal. Found in 16-30% of the servers in corporate america. Forms the core of the tivo operating system. The code for oss products is openly shared. Anyone can look at the source code, change it, and redistribute it. Nearly every major hardware firm and a list of tech giants has paid staff contributing to open source projects. Lamp: an acronym standing for linux, the apache web server software, the mysql database, and any of several programming languages that start with p (ex. Key takeaways: the most widely cited benefits of using oss include low cost; increased reliability; improved security and auditing; system scalability; and helping a firm improve its time to market.