Open source (OS) is big business. Originally viewed as a rebel of the IT industry, it is now being embraced not only by individual developers and small communities of programmers, but also by global corporations who have come to realize that it makes commercial sense to embrace this approach.
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“Open source technologies such as Linux, Kubernetes and Samba provide IT vendors with a vast intellectual property base to build on at absolutely no cost,” said Aron Brand, CTO at CTERA. “By releasing parts of our code on open source, we were able to access a deep reservoir of technological knowledge and know-how and benefit from highly professional peer reviews and feedback. If your company has the technical readiness for open source, this can be a great be a way to leverage community knowledge and reduce your maintenance overhead,” he adds.