THE Future is OPEN

Software that can be used, redistributed or

rewritten free of charge; it's usually created
by volunteers.

The promise of open source is :

Better quality
Higher Reliability
More Flexibility
Lower Cost
Ending predatory lock-in.
By Melissa Cameron
 Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman is an activist in the Free Software Movement, which he founded in 1983.
The State of Open Source
 Global Web Servers
8%
5% Apache
7% Microsoft
Google
nginx
55% Others
25%

Source: Netcraft March 2010

Global Web Browsers
Firefox
4%0%
14%
Internet
Explorer
47%
Chrome

Safari
35%
Others
Source: w3schools April 2010
Is the dominating force on the
WEB
The Philosophy of Sharing
Open Source = Innovation
The Most recent innovations on the web have
come from open source
 Resources
www.sourceforge.net
www.osalt.com
www.opensourcewindows.org
www.opensourcemac.org
www.opensourcecms.org

Work Cited
Mission | Open Source Initiative. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. <http://www.opensource.org/>.
Opensource.com | Where Open Source Multiplies. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. <http://www.opensource.com>.