Why to choose Open Source?
Open Source is a term that refers to Open Source software
Open source software is software that guarantees four fundamental liberties:
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
The freedom to study how the program works and change it to your liking.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your peers and your community.
The freedom to redistribute copies of modified versions to others.
If you distribute the software you must also must distribute the code that allowed you to make it.
Sharing code both ways allows developers to unite in powerful and booming communities
Open Source software is produced collaboratively through peer review and community production, resulting in stronger and more agile software.
Open Source software is often cheaper, more flexible, and durable than proprietary software as it's created by communities, not just one author or company.
Unique Open Source
development model
An Open Source development model is
The process used by an Open Source community project to develop Open Source software. The software is then released under an Open Source license, so anyone can view or modify the source code.
Many Open Source projects are hosted on GitHub.
Where you can access repositories or get involved in community projects. Linux, Ansible, and Kubernetes are examples of popular open source projects.
Open Source at LINAGORA
At LINAGORA, we use an Open Source software development model to create our enterprise Open Source software and solutions. We are proud that all of our solutions are Open Source.
Open Source an unparalleled place and community for growth and excellence
Being part of Open Source is to learn, grow, help other, produce a useful feature or a software that will disrupt the industry and have impact on the world, get recognized and accepted are usually the values of itself in Open Source.
The return on investment for each player with such operating mode is unbeatable. In Open Source environment the skills improvement process is spectacular: the more value you contribute - the more you are recognized and championed. No other environment can match the skill improvement of Open Source.
People improve fast and acquire self-demanding frame of mind as leaders, produce higher and higher quality code and get to contribute more and more valuable well thought features
Critical advantages of Open Source
Transparency
Need to know exactly what kinds of data are moving where, or what kinds of changes have happened in the code? Open Source allows to check and track that without having to rely on vendor promises.
Reliability
Proprietary code relies on the single author or company controlling that code to keep it updated, patched, and working. Open source code outlives its original authors because it is constantly updated through active Open Source communities.
Flexibility
Open Source code can be used to address issues unique to your business or community. There are no restrictions on how you use the code, and you can rely on community help and peer review when putting new ideas into practice.
Cost effectiveness
With Open Source, the code itself is much cheaper than proprietery counerparts. When you collaborate with a company like LINAGORA, you are paying for support, security hardening, and help managing interoperability.
Freedom
Freedom for the user means that you can take your Open Source code anywhere and use it for anything at any time
Open collaboration
The existence of active Open Source communities means that you can find help, resources, and perspectives that reach beyond one interest group or one company.
Critical advantages of Open Source amplified by LINAGORA
After 23 years on the market, LINAGORA is a pioneer of Open Source company in Europe. We build and support Open Source products from Open Source projects. We give back to the projects and communities we engage in. We defend Open Source licenses. With Open Source, we equip our customers for success. We take community built code and perfect its security, add features, and make it enterprise-ready and scalable.
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