For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...

If you've spent money on a piece of software, and then watched it fail to do the one task you paid money for, open-source ...

Zend will start selling its PHP software, the latest company to try to convert the success of an open-source software project into commercial success. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

The U.S. government is likely the largest combined producer and consumer of software in the world. The code to build that software is volatile, expensive and oftentimes completely hidden from view.

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...

A.I. companies are divided over whether the technology should be freely available to anyone for modifying and copying, or kept close for safekeeping. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac has written about the ...

Open-source software allows users and developers to modify its code. This software model leads to rapid innovations and improvements. Investors benefit from transparency and collaboration in ...

The right technology tools can have a near-exponential effect on organizational productivity. Small-business owners looking to improve their processes may be discouraged because they think that the ...

Though most people don’t realize it, much of the technology we rely on every day runs on free and open source software (FOSS). Phones, cars, planes, and even many cutting-edge artificial intelligence ...

While many proprietary project management tools are available on the market, open-source project management software provides an alternative for those who prefer to use free, customizable and ...