{"id":169,"date":"2018-06-14T19:04:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bus3060\/chapter\/ch10-4\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:49:28","slug":"ch10-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/bus3060\/chapter\/ch10-4\/","title":{"raw":"10.4 Examples of Open Source Software","rendered":"10.4 Examples of Open Source Software"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"slug-10-4-examples-of-open-source-software\" class=\"chapter standard\">\r\n<div class=\"ugc chapter-ugc\">\r\n<div id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_n01\" class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Learning Objectives<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<p id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_p01\" class=\"nonindent para\">After studying this section you should be able to do the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l01\" class=\"orderedlist\">\r\n \t<li>Recognize that just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Be able to list commercial products and their open source competitors.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_p02\" class=\"nonindent para editable block\">Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent. SourceForge.net lists over two hundred and thirty thousand such products<sup>1<\/sup>! Many of these products come with the installation tools, support utilities, and full documentation that make them difficult to distinguish from traditional commercial efforts (Woods, 2008). In addition to the LAMP products, some major examples include the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l02\" class=\"itemizedlist editable block\">\r\n \t<li><strong>Firefox<\/strong>\u2014a Web browser that competes with Internet Explorer<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>OpenOffice<\/strong>\u2014a competitor to Microsoft Office<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Gimp<\/strong>\u2014a graphic tool with features found in Photoshop<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Alfresco<\/strong>\u2014collaboration software that competes with Microsoft Sharepoint and EMC\u2019s Documentum<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Marketcetera<\/strong>\u2014an enterprise trading platform for hedge fund managers that competes with FlexTrade and Portware<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Zimbra<\/strong>\u2014open source e-mail software that competes with Outlook server<\/li>\r\n \t<li>MySQL, Ingres, and EnterpriseDB\u2014open source database software packages that each go head-to-head with commercial products from Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase, and IBM<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>SugarCRM<\/strong>\u2014customer relationship management software that competes with Salesforce.com and Siebel<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Asterix<\/strong>\u2014an open source implementation for running a PBX corporate telephony system that competes with offerings from Nortel and Cisco, among others<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Free BSD and Sun\u2019s OpenSolaris<\/strong>\u2014open source versions of the Unix operating system<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_n02\" class=\"bcc-box bcc-success\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l03\" class=\"itemizedlist\">\r\n \t<li>There are thousands of open source products available, covering nearly every software category. Many have a sophistication that rivals commercial software products.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Not all open source products are contenders. Less popular open source products are not likely to attract the community of users and contributors necessary to help these products improve over time (again we see network effects are a key to success\u2014this time in determining the quality of an OSS effort).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_n03\" class=\"bcc-box bcc-info\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Questions and Exercises<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ol id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l04\" class=\"orderedlist\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"140\">\r\n<p data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"140\">Browse <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"52\">SourceForge<\/strong><\/a>: name a few software types and their open-source competitors. Who do they compete with?<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"229\">\r\n<p data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"229\">Who builds these tools (company, nonprofit, individual)? Does that affect your trust?<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"320\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\r\n<p data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"320\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Download one open-source app similar to one you use. Compare it. Would you switch? Why?<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"slug-10-4-examples-of-open-source-software\" class=\"chapter standard\">\n<div class=\"ugc chapter-ugc\">\n<div id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_n01\" class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Learning Objectives<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_p01\" class=\"nonindent para\">After studying this section you should be able to do the following:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l01\" class=\"orderedlist\">\n<li>Recognize that just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to list commercial products and their open source competitors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_p02\" class=\"nonindent para editable block\">Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent. SourceForge.net lists over two hundred and thirty thousand such products<sup>1<\/sup>! Many of these products come with the installation tools, support utilities, and full documentation that make them difficult to distinguish from traditional commercial efforts (Woods, 2008). In addition to the LAMP products, some major examples include the following:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l02\" class=\"itemizedlist editable block\">\n<li><strong>Firefox<\/strong>\u2014a Web browser that competes with Internet Explorer<\/li>\n<li><strong>OpenOffice<\/strong>\u2014a competitor to Microsoft Office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gimp<\/strong>\u2014a graphic tool with features found in Photoshop<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alfresco<\/strong>\u2014collaboration software that competes with Microsoft Sharepoint and EMC\u2019s Documentum<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketcetera<\/strong>\u2014an enterprise trading platform for hedge fund managers that competes with FlexTrade and Portware<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zimbra<\/strong>\u2014open source e-mail software that competes with Outlook server<\/li>\n<li>MySQL, Ingres, and EnterpriseDB\u2014open source database software packages that each go head-to-head with commercial products from Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase, and IBM<\/li>\n<li><strong>SugarCRM<\/strong>\u2014customer relationship management software that competes with Salesforce.com and Siebel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asterix<\/strong>\u2014an open source implementation for running a PBX corporate telephony system that competes with offerings from Nortel and Cisco, among others<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free BSD and Sun\u2019s OpenSolaris<\/strong>\u2014open source versions of the Unix operating system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_n02\" class=\"bcc-box bcc-success\">\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l03\" class=\"itemizedlist\">\n<li>There are thousands of open source products available, covering nearly every software category. Many have a sophistication that rivals commercial software products.<\/li>\n<li>Not all open source products are contenders. Less popular open source products are not likely to attract the community of users and contributors necessary to help these products improve over time (again we see network effects are a key to success\u2014this time in determining the quality of an OSS effort).<\/li>\n<li>Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_n03\" class=\"bcc-box bcc-info\">\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Questions and Exercises<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ol id=\"fwk-38086-ch10_s04_l04\" class=\"orderedlist\">\n<li data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"140\">\n<p data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"140\">Browse <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"52\">SourceForge<\/strong><\/a>: name a few software types and their open-source competitors. 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