1. THE RISE OF LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Open-source Software is produced by a community of several hundred thousand Programmers around the world.
Open-source Software is free and can be modified by users.
Open-source Software is by definition not restricted to any specific Operating System or Hardware technology, although most Open-Source Software is currently based on a Linux or Unix Operating System.
Open-source is based on the promise that it is superior to commercially produced proprietary Software because :
Thousands of programmers around the world working for no pay can read, perfect, distributed and, modify the source code much faster and with more reliable results, than small teams of programmers working for single Software company.