Balancing the benefits provided by community and transparency with the risks posed by capacity and warranty issues.

Open source software (OSS) has evolved from a niche resource for technical specialists into a critical infrastructure supporting a vast and diverse user base. Central to this evolution is the ...

As open source software (OSS) is continually utilized across industries, the legal landscape surrounding its use has grown ...

The economics of the software package era were interesting. Each version of a given software package was to be written, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Custom software development is not an easy endeavor, requiring specific attention to the ...

Open-source solutions power modern enterprises, underlying everything from website builds to ready-made and custom applications. Small and large companies alike leverage open-source office suites, and ...

Broadcom released an open source software development kit (SDK) based on its Tomahawk Ethernet switch silicon. The first version of the kit, called SDKLT, will allow developers to customize their use ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

At its core, VS Code is built on an open source project called Code OSS, published under the permissive MIT license. Microsoft maintains this repository publicly on GitHub, where anyone can clone, ...

In move to support open-source software development, Computer Associates International Inc. today announced that technologies covered by 14 of its U.S. patents are being made available to individuals ...