Want this question answered?
I prefer open source software.
no....because an open source software is distributed for free
No. It is open source software.
Linux is an open source software that has not had a detrimental affect on the marketing of proprietary software. Linux is computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution.
Linux is open source, not shareware or proprietary. There are commercial Linux distributions.
Freeware is computer software that is distributed without charge. Open source is computer software the author of which claims no copyright. There are several ways "open source" is defined, the most popular being GNU. However! Freeware can be copyrighted, and open source can be sold for money.
free to distribute/ update as you require. but people only use it if good, not junk open source ones
Yes it is. It is owned by Microsoft and they do not give access to the source code for the program, unlike open source software programs.
· Successful open source systems still rely on a core group who is responsible for the development of software and control changes to the software. · The open source development has the same development procedure like other types of development
Unix is not open source, it is proprietary. Linux is the open-source version of Unix.
proprietary software You need an authorized license paid for in order to use the software. open-source software any body can use, an is usually Free. You can use the software for you personal use. Give a donation is you like it. You are not supposed to change the "code" or modify it.
Open source refers to code that is distributed outside of the manufacturer's company. Microsoft does not allow the code the programmers write for their programs outside of their company, so their code is proprietary, closed source. OpenOffice allows their code to be used by others. The reason for this is so that others can make improvements and customized enhancements. Open source is almost always free, where proprietary software has to be paid for, and is sometimes quite expensive.