i want to use linux OS and other open source software in my business?

This answer was given two years ago.

Open Source Software means. The source code will be available for the end-user to modify
according to his/her requirements.

The Best known open-source is Linux. The source code is freely available on net. You can
modify it after downloading.

Its not only linux but u can find many open source i will provide u the list….

List of open source software packages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ope……

However, the answer leads to further questions.

Since you provide the source to your customers does this imply that you are unable to create and
.exe executable module? Or do you provide both an executable module AND the source?

Does the customer run the program interpretively, or do they then compile it with their own
compiler?

I keep hearing that Open Source software like Linux is a communist, anti-capitalist plot. Is that true?

Because wikipedia is open source, I can modify anything I want. But what happens if someone deletes, adds bad content, modifies useful content ? What does wikipedia do to prevent that ?

The last question is available for any other open source software: linux, php etc. How do they know which contribution is useful and which is harmful ?
Thank you.

Have you been able to give microsoft the bird and use only free open source software?

I believe that open-source software, such as Java and Linux are the future of IT.

What improvements could be made to Linux to make it more competitive with Microsoft OS and Apple Mac OS X?
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> Sounds like a homework question to me….

I have a degree in CS, but I want to be an IT instructor. I’ll keep this in mind for a homework question.

Hi, I am in a minority of Net users who is against open-source software On msg. boards, it seems that any criticism of Linux or OSS is "trolling" or "FUD." I just feel that OSS made it harder for smaller biz. to develop software. Also, it is very easy to compare OSS to slave labor, since while major transnational corporations like IBM pay their employees to work on open-source projects, professors and individuals think they are supporting "freedom" or "charity." While the recent redefining of copyrights and patents as a property right may be wrong, abolishing it entirely is just too extreme. Often, people will defend OSS due to this, or support the slave labor as "choice."

But what bothers me the most is that every time I do a search on "anti-open source" or "against open-source", I get "anti-OSS attitudes" or "anti-OSS lawsuits." Also, I find it strange that "open source" encyclopedias ripe with politics and errors are first in the results. Why are both search engines so biased?

As Microsoft begins its slow migration to the integration of open-source software into it’s system, amazing things have happened. Most recently, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of code as a contribution to the linux Kernel which include 3 linux-based device drivers, all in the hopes of enabling Linux/Unix distros to be virtualized into programs such as Hyper-V for cross platform integration.

What is your opinion on this? Do you like it or not, and why?

I need it to run on a Flash drive. It needs to be small because I’m hoping to use it as a portable photo gallery. It needs to be cross-platform so it can run both on Windows for my family and GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) for me. I hope that it can be Open Source software (GPL), but freeware is ok too.