Open Source Continues Forward

May 3, 2011

In the programming world open source continues to showcase its dominance. According to the InfoWorld article “Open Source Programming Tools On the Rise,” open source programs are a definite industry favorite. We learned from the article:

“The reason is clear: Open source licenses are designed to allow users to revise, fix, and extend their code.”

Programmers can change the program to fit their specific needs. Usage of open source tools such as Hadoop and Firebug continue to rise in the programming world as users find new and innovative ways to use the technology. Open source programs even older ones continue to have longevity because users can “Tweak and recompile, and your old programming tool can be new again.” The open source program Lucene/Solr is a popular high performance index and search platform that has proved to be quite impressive. It will be interesting to see if open source can be “dethroned.”

Stephen E Arnold, May 3, 2011

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