Open Source Software

CDAC is spearheading the Free Open Source Software (FOSS) movement in India. CDAC has launched Bharat Operating System (BOSS) with required office application supported in 16 or more Indian languages. CDAC conducted a workshop on Open source Software Technology on 29.7.2009.
The learning’s from the workshop were:
1. Open source software’s reduce cost of business.
2. Prevent single vendor and technology lock-in.
3. Promotes self learning, exploring and cooperation.
4. The Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is build and sustained by developer community.
5. Look and feel of the FOSS is almost the same as proprietary software’s.
6. Open source software’s are not legally bound by software licenses.
7. The Open source software provides freedom to improve and redistribute the improved version of the software.
8. Examples of FOSS are
Operating system: GNU/Linux
Web Server: Apache
Database: MySQL
Web development: PHP
Learning Management System (LMS): Moodle / moodle.org
Library Management System: Koha / koha.org
Content Management System: Drupal / drupal.org
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