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Why is Open Source the future?
Few reasons people go Open Source are: To establish a new standard, to get high adoption rates, for feedback and so on...
However, I think that the reason Open source is the future is because it shifts the decision-making power from business leaders to community participants.
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Tim Monner
So admittedly, I am a marketer for an open source cloud provider. But from my view point on this topic, one of the biggest obstacles I think standing in the way of open source is it's brand in the market place. The big public cloud providers (you know who) have done a good job establishing their solutions as the go-to solution. And they enormous advertising budgets and spend heavily on NFL games, etc. to keep that brand strength. In our discussions with companies, many don't even realize that incredibly large organizations like Target, Adobe, GE Healthcare and others build on open source OpenStack platform. Our team believes that as we simplify access into open source technologies, it will expand the number of users, and position it more competitively in the market. OpenStack is an incredibly platform...we are just trying to make it easier for people to access it and experience it for themselves.
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Absolutely! Open Source is the way to go. Collaboration and the speed of execution in open source projects are unparalleled.
Developers can contribute to the development of open source software by gaining access to the source code and altering it to suit their needs. As a result, innovation moves more quickly and better software is produced.
