Open source is a programming movement which enables software source code (or program instructions) to be widely accessible to the general public at no cost. We use a combination of commercial and open source applications to reduce development time, and therefore minimise costs for our clients.
Open source applications are broadly used and tested, with users in the hundreds of thousands. This enthusiastic community support means shorter development cycles for regular updates and rigorous testing. Many commercial software developers also have open source community editions available to accelerate their application developments. Even Google is a big supporter of the open source community.
Here are some popular open source users you may recognise-
-Mozilla (popular web browser)
-Java Enterprise (platform for server programming)
-Apache (major web server)
-PERL (web scripting language)
-PHP (computer scripting language for producing web pages)
-MySQL (standard computer language for accessing and manipulating databases)
-Joomla! (content management system)
-Python (dynamic programming language)
