Open means:- Free from limitations, boundaries, or restrictions.Hence can be accessed by others.

Procurement,upgrade and continued use of Open Source Software is mostly at minimal cost! Open Source Copyright laws allow for copying, redistribution, sharing and modification of software productswithout paying royalties/licenses.


Examples include: Mozilla, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenOffice, etc. Open source refers generally to any computer software whose source code is either in the public domain or, more commonly, is copyrighted by and distributed under an open-source license such as the GNU General Public License (GPL) http://www.gnu.org/ . Such a license gives users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, to study and modify the program, and to redistribute copies of either the original or modified program (without having to pay royalties to previous developers).
Open source software may or may not be "free". However, commonly used open source software products are free.

Latest Updates

Willamette Develops Training Course on Apple's iPhone, iPad Programming

Willamette HDL, Inc. has announced that it will begin offering an introductory training course on programming for the iPhone and iPad family of devices from Apple Computer, Inc.The course starting on 7th September in Beaverton, will focus on teaching developers how to write high-quality, Apple applications.

 


Cloud Communications: A New Computing Paradigm

Experts believe the cloud is part of the answer and will play an important role in the new era of IT. According to Cisco Systems’s chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior, “Cloud will change the way the world lives, works, plays, and learns.” Imagine having access to nearly unlimited computing power on any device from anywhere.”

 

Mpesa To Be Launched in South Africa

LISTED mobile serve provider, Safaricom is set to launch its M-Pesa services in South Africa, Africa’s Economic powerhouse at the end of August.
This was revealed when the firm announced that its money transfer service, M-Pesa has so far netted 11.89 million customers, a 60 per cent growth as at last month compared to 7.4 million last year.